Before NSG meet, Bush shock to India
Barely a day ahead of Nuclear Suppliers Group's meeting on the Indo-US nuclear deal, a secret letter by US President George W Bush addressed to the US Congress, has come out in open, sending shockwaves across India.
By TIMESOFINDIA.COM |
NEW DELHI: Barely a day ahead of Nuclear Suppliers Group's meeting on the Indo-US nuclear deal, a secret letter by US President George W Bush addressed to the US Congress, has come out in open, sending shockwaves across India.
According to Times Now, the letter appears to contradict statements by Indian officials and was made public on Tuesday by Rep. Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The letter says, "The United States will not sell sensitive nuclear technologies to India and would immediately terminate nuclear trade if New Delhi conducted a nuclear test."
What is even more shocking is the revelation by Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post Staff Writer that the UPA government knew about the letter written by Bush. He, however, is not sure whether the Manmohan Singh government knew about the details of the letter.
This has come barely a day after the statement by US that it is not ready to "give up the ship" on the India-US nuclear deal. "We are going to continue to work within the group and work with individual states to try to move it forward," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack had said on Tuesday ahead of the Sep 4-5 meeting of the nuclear cartel in Vienna.
According to Times Now, the letter appears to contradict statements by Indian officials and was made public on Tuesday by Rep. Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The letter says, "The United States will not sell sensitive nuclear technologies to India and would immediately terminate nuclear trade if New Delhi conducted a nuclear test."
What is even more shocking is the revelation by Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post Staff Writer that the UPA government knew about the letter written by Bush. He, however, is not sure whether the Manmohan Singh government knew about the details of the letter.
This has come barely a day after the statement by US that it is not ready to "give up the ship" on the India-US nuclear deal. "We are going to continue to work within the group and work with individual states to try to move it forward," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack had said on Tuesday ahead of the Sep 4-5 meeting of the nuclear cartel in Vienna.
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