UNSC seat for India not linked with NPT,CTBT: US

State Department said the US is supportive of CTBT,but didn't specifically say if it wants India to sign it.

India has shown itself as a responsible global stakeholder,a senior Obama Administration official has said.

“India has shown itself to be a responsible global stakeholder and the (US) President announced our position on India’s membership in the Security Council,” US State Department spokesman,P J Crowley,told reporters.

The US says it does not see its support for India becoming a permanent member of the UN Security Council at odds with New Delhi’s refusal to sign two nuclear treaties.

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“Well,we don’t see those as being at odds,” Crowley told reporters when asked to explain US support for India’s bid despite its refusal to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT).

“Our support for India is not exclusive of our support for other countries as well,” Crowley said in response to a question.

Crowley said the US is supportive of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,but did not specifically say if he wants India to sign it.

“We have encouraged Pakistan to sign on to the Fissile Material Cut-off regime,” he said though.

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