Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the US wants India to be a major player in working out a new non-proliferation regime
Sonal Joshi
Oct. 21, 2009

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the US wants India to be a major player in working out a new non-proliferation regime.

"The nuclear accord that I supported as a Senator, and the Obama administration supports it as a government, is embedded in a broader strategic dialogue with Indians.We view the relationship as comprehensive and very deep in terms of the issues we wish to explore with our Indian counterparts and the areas where we are either already or look to cooperate," she said addressing non-proliferation Peace think tanks in the US.

She further said: "I think it is very significant that the first official visit in the Obama Administration will be in November when Prime Minister Singh arrives."

"Obviously, we have a lot of confidence in the Indians and a lot of confidence in their approach," Clinton said. "And we are going to be working closely with them, including American companies that will be part of implementing the reactor sites that are part of the agreement. But we want India to be part of our overall non-proliferation efforts," she said. "And we want them to really be a major player at the table in trying to figure out how, starting from where we are right now, we go forward in an effective, verifiable manner to reinstate a non-proliferation regime that can prevent further countries acquiring nuclear weapons, or even peaceful nuclear capacity without the safeguards that we envision."

"So - India we see as a full partner in this effort, and we look forward to working with them as we try to come up with the 21st century version of the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty)," Clinton said.

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