New Delhi: With China opposing India’s attempt to gain membership into the powerful Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and the US backing it, the two nations have been locked in a tussle in the last 24 hours.
China is trying to thwart India’s entry into the prestigious group by propping up Pakistan as a shield. The NSG is a body of 48 nations “concerned with reducing nuclear proliferation by controlling the export and re-transfer of materials that may be applicable to nuclear weapon development and by improving safeguards and protection on existing materials”.
Membership of the NSG is expected to help India “procure more fuel and nuclear components” and make it easier for New Delhi to engage in nuclear commerce for peaceful civilian purposes.
India is watching developments which are an indication of yet another Sino-Pakistani nexus to thwart India. Experts feel that China is using Pakistan as a “shield” to block India’s entry into the NSG despite India’s immaculate record in nuclear-non-proliferation.
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