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India rejects China contention for entry into nuclear suppliers group

Live Mint, 20 May 16 

India cites example of France to contend that it needn’t sign nuclear non-proliferation treaty to get membership of nuclear suppliers group. New Delhi: India on Friday rejected China’s contention that it must sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to get membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), citing the example of France, which was part of the NSG without being a signatory to the NPT.

India’s comments followed China’s reported blocking of India’s entry to the NSG earlier this month on grounds that it had not signed the NPT…..

Last week, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang had said all the multilateral non-proliferation export control regime including the NSG have regarded NPT as an important standard for the expansion of the NSG.

“Apart from India, a lot of other countries expressed their willingness to join. Then it raised the question to the international community—shall non-NPT members also become part of NSG?” he said, adding, “China’s position is not directed against any specific country but applies to all the non-NPT members.”…..http://www.livemint.com/Politics/3A2dMOnJXti1RaSmoPa7LO/India-rejects-China-contention-for-entry-into-nuclear-suppli.html

May 21, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics international