Anybody ever have a problem with the fact that India, Pakistan and Israel have NOT SIGNED the NPT while Iran has?
"It showed a lot of us felt pressured to some extent into a decision by the American and few were totally satisfied." Intense U.S. pressure for the waiver involved overnight phone calls to presidents and prime ministers of holdout countries."
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U.S. Controls Nuclear Black MarketHow Israel Got the Nuclear BombAmeriKan MSM Admits Iran Not Building Bomb"
India Nuclear Trade Waiver Approved
VIENNA (Reuters) - Forty-five nations approved a U.S. proposal on Saturday to lift a global ban on nuclear trade with India in a breakthrough towards sealing a U.S.-Indian atomic energy deal.
One hurdle remained before the U.S.-India deal can take force -- ratification by the U.S. Congress. It must act before adjourning in late September for elections or the deal could be left to an uncertain fate under a new U.S. administration.
The U.S.-India deal raised international misgivings since India has shunned the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) meant to stop the spread and production of nuclear weapons and mandate gradual disarmament, and a companion test ban pact.
Washington says the fuel and technology deal would forge a strategic partnership with the world's largest democracy, help India meet rising energy demand in an environmentally sound way and open a nuclear market worth billions of dollars.
A European diplomat in the Vienna gathering said: "For the first time in my experience of international diplomatic negotiations, a consensus decision was followed by complete silence in the room. No clapping, nothing.
"It showed a lot of us felt pressured to some extent into a decision by the Americans and few were totally satisfied."
"NPT RIP (rest in peace)?" said another, dismayed diplomat. Intense U.S. pressure for the waiver involved overnight phone calls to presidents and prime ministers of holdout countries, several diplomats said.
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