India, IAEA to hold "technical talks" on Indo-US N-deal on Friday
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, July 6, IRNA
India-IAEA-Technical talks
India and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will hold technical talks on the Indo-US nuclear deal here on Friday.
In this regard, a four-member team from the Safety and Legal Division of the IAEA will be here on Friday and Saturday for the technical talks aimed at concluding a nuclear safeguards agreement, an Asian Age report said.
India's Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Dr Anil Kakodkar visited Vienna in April for talks with the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards agreement proposed under the India-United States nuclear deal.
He also discussed with the IAEA an additional protocol as mentioned in the Indo-US joint statement of July 18, 2005.
The agreement with the IAEA was necessitated because India is neither a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty nor does it come under the category of a non-nuclear weapons state.
However, the safeguards agreement constitutes a departure from the text of the understanding reached between India and the United States on July 18, 2005.
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