Adding a new dimension to their strategic ties, India
and the UK have decided to start negotiations on a civil nuclear pact to
facilitate the entry of British companies into the emerging atomic
power sector here.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made
the announcement today after delegation-level talks with visiting
British Prime Minister David Cameron during which both sides reviewed
the entire gamut of bilateral relations.
“We have also decided to commence negotiations on a bilateral civil nuclear agreement,” Singh said.
India
has already signed civil nuclear pacts with a number of countries
including the United States, France, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Mongolia
and Canada.
The Prime Minister said he thanked
Cameron for Britain’s support for India’s full membership of the Nuclear
Suppliers Group and other multilateral export control regimes.
Cameron said Britain was in favour of transferring high-technology to India.
India
has planned to attain a nuclear power capacity of 63,000 MW in 2032
against its current installed capacity of 4,780 MW and a number of
countries have been vying to get a share of India’s lucrative atomic
energy market.
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