IAEA secretariat briefs members on safeguards
The International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday briefed all its member states on the India-specific safeguards agreement here ahead of the crucial meeting of the board of governors on August 1.
By PTI |
VIENNA: The International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday briefed all its member states on the India-specific safeguards agreement here ahead of the crucial meeting of the board of governors on August 1.
The draft agreement between India and the IAEA for application of safeguards to civilian nuclear facilities which was initialled on July 7 was circulated among the 144 member states on July 9. On Friday, the IAEA secretariat briefed the members to clarify their queries and doubts, sources said. The briefing was a closed door affair and it is learnt that few technical and some political queries were put forth by the members.
Some member countries wanted to know about India���s status as nuclear weapons state, on corrective measures and on the non-hindrance clause and Article 4, sources said.
Foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon on July 18 had briefed the IAEA board of governors and some NSG countries on the safeguards agreement. Mr Menon also held talks with IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who endorsed the nuclear deal as a boost for non-proliferation and peaceful use of relatively clean nuclear energy in the developing world.
Approval of the India-specific safeguards agreement by the IAEA board is an important step in the operationalisation of the nuclear deal.
The draft agreement between India and the IAEA for application of safeguards to civilian nuclear facilities which was initialled on July 7 was circulated among the 144 member states on July 9. On Friday, the IAEA secretariat briefed the members to clarify their queries and doubts, sources said. The briefing was a closed door affair and it is learnt that few technical and some political queries were put forth by the members.
Some member countries wanted to know about India���s status as nuclear weapons state, on corrective measures and on the non-hindrance clause and Article 4, sources said.
Foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon on July 18 had briefed the IAEA board of governors and some NSG countries on the safeguards agreement. Mr Menon also held talks with IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who endorsed the nuclear deal as a boost for non-proliferation and peaceful use of relatively clean nuclear energy in the developing world.
Approval of the India-specific safeguards agreement by the IAEA board is an important step in the operationalisation of the nuclear deal.
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