Jul

23

US hopes to wrap up N-deal in time

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US said that governments of the two countries would be able to wrap up the civil nuclear pact before the time runs out.

Dana Perino White House Press Secretary said, ”We think we can move forward with this. If their legislature lets it move forward then we can do the same here and then we’ll be able to get this wrapped up,”

She said that there weren’t that many days left where Congress was going to be in session and enough US lawmakers backed the agreement to secure its ratification. The US-India civil nuclear arrangement is a good one for everybody.
She added, ”It’s good for India because it would help provide them a source for energy that they need, one that is non-polluting and one that doesn’t emit greenhouse gas emissions,”

Perino said that she does not know whether US President George W Bush needs to place a call to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in view of the vote of confidence victory given that the two leaders had met recently in Japan.

She said, ”I don’t know if he needs to make a call, since they just spoke about two weeks ago when they were at the G8 meeting and they had a very good bilateral meeting and meetings on the side as well, during the outreach meetings that the G8 held,”

Gordon Johndroe National Security Council spokesperson said that the US looked forward to continuing to work with India on the civil nuclear deal and further strengthening the strategic partnership.



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