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NPT: Cannot equate India with Pakistan, says Swarup

New Delhi's diplomatic efforts to secure membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group fail to yield desired results

News Desk June 27, 2016

new delhi 039 s diplomatic efforts to secure membership of nuclear suppliers group fail to yield desired results photo sociocosmo

New Delhi's diplomatic efforts to secure membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group fail to yield desired results. PHOTO: SOCIOCOSMO

India on Sunday said that no one in the global economy can equate it with Pakistan on the issue of signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), even as New Delhi admitted that its diplomatic efforts to secure membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) failed to yield desired results.

“There are some processes that take a long time. I would evaluate the NSG membership process in that category,” said India’s External Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup, the Indian Express reported.

India fails to get NSG membership

Swarup tried to clarify that only China opposed India’s NSG membership. “There was only one country which persistently raised procedural hurdles, as a result of which no decision could be arrived at in Seoul and we stick to that stand. As far as other countries are concerned, there are some who raised procedure related issues, but not a single country apart from that one country opposed India’s NSG membership.”

He added that New Delhi will continue to engage Beijing over NSG membership ahead of the second meeting of the group later this year.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 27^th, 2016.

COMMENTS (17)

Arman | 7 years ago | Reply Nuclear pundits have been vocal about India’s clean nuclear track record as an important credential for its membership but history tells us otherwise. India’s diversion of fissile material for weapons development was the sole reason behind the creation of the NSG.

Babu Rao | 7 years ago | Reply @Parameters: I'd suggest you should watch "Slumdog Millionaire".

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jamrud | 7 years ago | Reply India is not in NSG due to CHINA. china not in MTCR not because of INDIA. so you can see how it will end.go india go.

Shakil Ahmed | 7 years ago | Reply Indian trolls love Pakistani newspapers! No one is equating Pakistan and Indian economy in NSG! but both are equal nuclear powers and should be included in NSG if it requires singing NPT both should sign and be members. Given the indian hostility, once India is a member it will be simply no entry for Pakistan.

Dr. Ashraf Kh | 7 years ago | Reply @Parameters - Interesting with your poor GDP, racial, religion, culture intolerance and multi nationalities within your own country, how could you compare with most advance countries in the world? You are day dreaming. India is just a bottom up among worse countries in world includes it human rights. We Pakistani understand you love to compare us with other poor countries, but you Indians need to wake up and grow up. Go and check filthy streets of your city and honestly get back to us and tell us how many of your countrymen, women and children’s are sleeping without a shelter and food. Your social services “Parameters: are ways below developed and advanced countries.

N | 7 years ago | Reply @samir: France was a member of NSG even before signing NPT. India already has all benefits of NSG due to the 2008 waiver and is now also a part of the 35 nation MTCR.

Sunil | 7 years ago | Reply Before you celebrate, think about this .... China wants to be a member of the MTCR, India is a full member. India can veto China. This means that China will use the NPT boggy with India as will India with China with regards to missile technologies. China is lumped with Pakistan and North Korea. What this means is, that the Pakistan card is just a tactic to get into MTCR. Do you really matter to China? Yes, as a means to use you against India and gain access to the Indian Ocean via CPEC. Think about this, China uses you Pakistani's, kills Muslims in China and does all it can to practice their faith and you can do nothing. I hope this is published and you can check the facts, just search the internet.

Abu Adam | 7 years ago | Reply Love to see India acting like a country way above Pakistan but still behaving like damsel in distress in front of world complaining about Pakistan....

Sunil | 7 years ago | Reply In 2004, China applied for MTCR membership but was denied it because members considered its non-proliferation record dodgy.China desperately wants into the MTCR and it very likely opposed India's NSG bid for that reason - a quid pro quo. "Allow us into the MTCR and we will not oppose India's entry into the NSG", Chinese entities continued to provide sensitive technologies to countries developing ballistic missiles, such as North Korea and Pakistan.

Parameters | 7 years ago | Reply India and Pakistan are poles apart ! We are in league with USA, China, Russia , UK, France. Pakistan is in league with Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan and sundry ! Parameters which actually matters are 1- Economy 2- GDP, 3- Education 4- Technology 5- Medicine . in all these real parameters Pakistan is way way behind !

samir | 7 years ago | Reply Well how can India be a member without signing NPT. If it does not have the integrity of following rules to get in, how can it have the integrity of being an honest member? Don't know what ROI does US expect from doing this exception for India...

Candid1 | 7 years ago | Reply Pathetic excuse for an ignominious failure. Typical India.

Sunil | 7 years ago | Reply Question is NSG (Nuclear Supply Group) was formed to stop proliferation of nuclear technology, then why China being the member is proliferating nuclear technology to North Korea through Pakistan. It seems whether you are member of not, you can supply nuclear tech to any country, therefore NSG is more or less defunct organization.

BDUTT | 7 years ago | Reply India is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Watch out NSG!!

zoro | 7 years ago | Reply Comparing India with Pakistan is like comparing Apples with Oranges ... LOL

ghazal | 7 years ago | Reply India might or might not be able to join NSG( depends on various variables of geo-politic or geo-economic), but because of Qadir Khan and general Aslem beg Pakistan will never be able to join. Indians know that , that's why they are not even thinking of joint effort.

سے Shaam (Hanafi) | 7 years ago | Reply India is the only country that deserves to be in NSG member among contestants. Pakistan can never be a NSG state.

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