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The group of nations which regulates the global nuclear trade has approved a US proposal to lift restrictions on selling nuclear technology to India.
The controversial deal now needs to be ratified by the US Congress before it can be implemented.
India says the deal is vital for it to meet its civil energy demands.
The approval came after India pledged to keep its nuclear non-proliferation commitments and to uphold a voluntary moratorium on testing atomic weapons.
ritics of the deal say it creates a dangerous precedent – effectively allowing India to expand its nuclear power industry without requiring it to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as other nations must.
They say the deal would undermine the arguments for isolating Iran over its nuclear programme and be a disaster for international non-proliferation efforts.
But US and Indian officials hailed the agreement as one that would help limit the unregulated spread of nuclear technology and material while allowing India to meet its energy demands with a “clean and reliable” supply.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the NSG decision “marks the end of India’s decades-long isolation from the nuclear mainstream and of the technology denial regime”.
Austria, New Zealand and Ireland lifted their objection to the US proposal after India made a formal pledge to not share sensitive nuclear technology or material and to uphold its moratorium on testing nuclear weapons.
The breakthrough reportedly came after US President George W Bush lobbied members of the NSG.
“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,” said John Rood, acting US undersecretary of state for arms control.
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APRUEBAN ACUERDO NUCLEAR
Un grupo de naciones que regulan el comercio nuclear aprobó una propuesta de Estados Unidos para levantar las restricciones globales en la venta de tecnología nuclear civil a India.
El mes pasado, el Grupo de Suministradores Nucleares (NSG, por sus siglas en inglés) no aprobó el plan original lo que obligó a EE.UU. a regresar con una nueva propuesta.
El controvertido acuerdo necesita ser ratificado por el Congreso de EE.UU. antes de que pueda ser implementado.
India sostiene que el tratado es vital para hacer frente a sus demandas energéticas civiles.
La aprobación del NSG se produjo luego que India hiciera una solicitud formal para mantener tanto sus compromisos de no proliferación como una moratoria voluntaria sobre pruebas nucleares.
Según los críticos, el trato crea un peligroso precedente al efectivamente permitir que India expanda su industria nuclear sin tener que firmar el Tratado de No Proliferación Nuclear (TNP), como sí lo deben hacer otros países.
Los críticos señalan que el acuerdo puede minar los argumentos para aislar a Irán por su programa nuclear y al mismo tiempo, se puede convertir en un desastre para los esfuerzos internacionales vinculados a la no proliferación nuclear.
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