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Nuke suppliers clear landmark Indo-US deal

AFP, Vienna
The United States, following weeks of tough negotiations, finally secured the approval of nuclear supplier nations yesterday for proposals to lift a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India.
The US described the breakthrough -- on the third consecutive day of crunch talks — as an "historic" and "landmark" deal that would boost nuclear non-
proliferation, while at the same time enabling India to meet its huge energy needs with low-pollutingenergy.
India, for its part, described the deal as an "important step" in the normalisation of its relations with the rest of the world and would help meet the challenge of climate change and sustainable development.
The so-called Nuclear Suppliers Group, which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology, reached consensus on a one-off waiver of its rules for India, which refuses to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty
" Inis is a historic moment for the Nuclear Suppliers Group, for India, for US-Indian relations, indeed India's relations with tbe rest of the world," acting US Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, John Rood, told reporters at the encl of around 90 minutes of talks on Saturday.
"Today at the NSG, we have reached a landmark decision to allow for civil nuclear trade with India," Rood said.
"This is an important moment also for the strengthening of the nuclear non-proliferation regime," headded.
"This is a critically important moment for meeting the energy needs in India, and indeed dealing with the global need for clean and reliable energy supplies."
NSG rules ban nuclear trading with India because it refuses to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty, having developed atomic bombs in secret and conducted its first nuclear test in 1974.
The United States wants a special waiver for India so it can share civilian nuclear technology with New Delhi.
The United States argues the deal would bring India into the NPT fold and help combat global warming by
allowing it to develop low-polluting nucl earenergy.
Critics say die deal undermines international non-proliferation efforts and accuse the nuclear powers of pursuing commercial and political gains.
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told reporters: "India welcomes the decision by the NSG to adjust its guidelines to enable full civil nuclear cooperation of its members with India."
New Delhi "regards this decision as an important step in the ongoing process of India and the international community resuming cooperation in civil nuclear energy as a contribution to global energy security and for meeting the challenge of climate change and sustainable development in India," he said.
It was the second time in two weeks that the NSG had met to try and agree on a change in its rules and was characterised by hard-nosed bargainingon both sides.
Three countries in particular -Austria, Ireland and New Zealand -had been holding out for a clear-cut commitment on India's part to refrain from nuclear weapons testing.
And after 17 hours of talks on Friday, a compromise was reached Saturday that was acceptable for the three hardliners.