"Waiver of nuclear rules for India looks doubtful" by Veronika Oleksyn, Associated Press | August 22, 2008
VIENNA - The United States appeared optimistic and reaffirmed its commitment to a landmark US-India nuclear cooperation deal yesterday at the end of a first day of discussions by a consortium crucial to the agreement's fate.
But other participants in a meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group suggested it was unlikely that a final decision on whether to give India access to legal imports of nuclear fuel and technology would be made by the time the meeting wraps up today. Chances of an unconditional exemption for India - wanted by Washington and New Delhi - also appeared to be dwindling.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the United States is "very hopeful" about the waiver. The US-India deal would reverse more than three decades of US policy that has barred the sale of nuclear fuel and technology to India, which has not signed international nonproliferation accords and has tested nuclear weapons.
Yeah, meanwhile Iran HAS SIGNED it and ONLY WANTS ELECTRICITY!!!
Hey, USrael and her friends don't have to follow the rules -- just those nasty "enemy threats" must!
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