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Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty News
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They shared no religion, no geography and no cultural kinship. What bound them was something darker – nuclear ambition, international isolation and a fear of annihilation.
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India is not participating in the conference on negotiations for a total ban on nuclear weapons that began here Monday.
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A new draft proposal circulated among Nuclear Suppliers Group member states early this month could pave the way for India to become a member of the elite club, but this is unlikely to happen before the end of the Obama presidency next month.
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India will sign the deal with Japan when Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Tokyo for a three-day visit next week.
China on Tuesday said it will first find a solution that applies to all non-NPT countries seeking entry into NSG and will then discuss India's application, a day after the two country's held talks over India's bid for membership of the elite grouping.
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While China continues to hail the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) as the cornerstone of the global non-proliferation regime, Beijing itself has violated the consensus arrived at the 2010 NPT review conference on supply of nuclear technology by transferring nuclear reactors to Pakistan.
Amid India's assertion that it will not sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to gain entry into NSG, an adamant China on Thursday said "no country should or can put itself opposite the NPT".
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also said India will not sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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Global Times said West has "spoiled" India making it a "bit smug" in international affairs.
The 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is likely to meet again before the end of the year specially to discuss the process for granting membership to non-NPT signatories.
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India, strongly backed by the US, applied for NSG membership on May 12 this year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to leave for Tashkent for a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) -- a Eurasian political and economic bloc.
With China leading the opposition against India's entry into the elite Nuclear Supplier's Group (NSG), New Delhi is in a diplomatic overdrive to reach out to countries to support its bid.
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New Zealand is now pressing for a criteria-based approach for inducting new members as against giving one-time exception to any country.
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Membership of NSG will help India significantly expand its atomic energy sector.
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Besides China, the member countries in the 48-nation group which were opposed to India’s membership were New Zealand, Ireland, Turkey, South Africa and Austria.
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Reports said on Thursday that China was leading the opposition to India's membership to the NSG.
About Pakistan's application which China, a key member of the group, is reportedly backing, the Ministry said, "China has noted Pakistan's official application for NSG membership. Pakistan is not a party state to the NPT."
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Sticking to its stand that new members should sign the NPT, the Ministry said, "the NSG is part and parcel of the international non-proliferation regime".
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President Pranab Mukherjee is to begin his four-day China visit from Tuesday with an aim to further broaden ties between the two Asian economic giants.
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