Long way to go for N-deal to become reality: PM
Welcoming the passage of a bill to implement the Indo-US civil nuclear deal by the American Senate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said there was still a long way to go for the pact to become "living reality".
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Welcoming the passage of a bill to implement the Indo-US civil nuclear deal by the American Senate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said there was still a long way to go for the pact to become "living reality".
Aspects of the two bills on the deal passed by the US House of Representatives and the Senate were "not identical" and the process of reconciling them would "have to take on board our concerns", Singh said at the HT Leadership Summit here.
"I welcome the decision of the US Senate to approve the bill. Before that, the House of Representatives has done a similar thing," he said.
"But we still have a long way to go before nuclear cooperation between India and the US becomes a living reality."
President George W Bush had assured him that he would work to ensure that the final version of the legislation is in conformity with the agreement of July 18, 2005 and the separation plan of March 2 this year, Singh said while replying to a question from the audience.
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