NSG countries saying yes
• US, UK, France, Russia, Brazil, South Africa, Japan, Australia, Canada, Germany, Finland and South Korea. Their refrain: Good for nonproliferation
• Japan did refer to the need for India to sign NPT and CTBT. At the G8, it had backed the deal.
NSG countries saying no
• Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Norway, China, New Zealand and Ireland: Undermines NPT, should sign CTBT, one-off exception for India not justified
Non-NSG countries who stood up to say no
Iran: Double standards, will help Israel
Pakistan: We need one too, creates strategic imbalance in region
Egypt and Malaysia: Preferential treatment, unfair to non n-weapon states who signed NPT
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