The NSG will consider a draft which is being presented before the grouping after amendments following demands by at least 15 countries during the August 21-22 meeting.
The sceptic countries continued to have reservations even after amendments to the original draft as they feel that the changes were only cosmetic in nature and conditions are not attached.
China, too, appeared on Monday to be joining the countries having reservations when the ruling Communist Party’s mouthpiece ‘People’s Daily’ described the Indo-US nuclear deal as a “blow” to non-proliferation.
However, the Chinese Government yesterday sought to indicate that it will not block the initiative.
India, on the other hand, has maintained that if conditions are attached to the waiver, it could walk away.
Meanwhile, New Delhi today refused to comment over the American position that it will stop fuel supplies if it conducted a nuclear test as reflected in the document made public in the US after being kept under wraps.
“I have read the statement. But I will not comment,” External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.
Asked to comment on the outcome of the NSG meeting, Mukherjee said “I will keep my fingers crossed."
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