To be sure, China’s proposed nuclear bonhomie with India is subject to its “international commitments”, a reference to the guidelines of the Nuclear Suppliers Group and the safeguards requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Until now, the CPM was either unable or unwilling to see that the Indo-US nuclear deal was in essence about facilitating New Delhi’s cooperation with the entire international community and not just Washington. That cooperation in turn needs an endorsement of the IAEA and the NSG. After China’s support for the Indo-US deal, it is only the CPM that stands between India and its nuclear energy future.
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