Australia sticks to its stand, " not to supply" Uranium to India
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, March 8, IRNA
India-Australia-Uranium Supply
Australia, on Wednesday, stuck to its stand of not supplying Uranium to countries, including India, which have not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
"There is no change in our policy adopted for the past 30 years," Australian Prime Minister John Howard who is on a two-day visit to the state said, while addressing a gathering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chennai, capital city of Tamil Nadu, PTI report said here today.
He, welcoming the nuclear agreement between India and the US, said, "We at official level in Australia are getting together to know how this agreement will operate. We are watching it very closely." The Australian PM said the recent agreement was still subject to certain processes between the two countries.
"This is a very positive agreement. We welcome it. For the first time, Indian civil nuclear reactors would be opened to international inspection," he said.
Stating that Australia understood fully India's energy needs, the visiting leader said he had held discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on the issue.
"But there is no change in our policy for the present," he said.
Meanwhile Australian Prime Minister John Howard today announced opening of an Australian Consulate in Chennai for the benefit of people in South India.
"The new Consulate would not only function as a Centre for providing visas, but would also boost the rate of number of students coming to Australia, besides providing other services, he said.
The Consulate would be opened soon, he added.
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