'N-deal outstanding sign of India's 'new' stand'
Terming the Indo-US civil nuclear deal as the "most outstanding symbol" of the "India's new standing" in the world, Indian ambassador to the America Ronen Sen has said that civil nuclear cooperation with New Delhi was an issue on which there was "...
By PTI |
WASHINGTON: Terming the Indo-US civil nuclear deal as the "most outstanding symbol" of the "India's new standing" in the world, Indian ambassador to the America Ronen Sen has said that civil nuclear cooperation with New Delhi was an issue on which there was "complete agreement" among Russia, European and other countries.
"The India-US civil nuclear initiative, which has attracted a lot of media attention, is the most outstanding symbol of the new relationship between the two countries as well as of Indias new standing in the world", Sen said.
"There are few issues on which there is complete agreement between the United States, Russia, European and other countries. Civil nuclear cooperation with India is one such issue", he said while speaking at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors and the Council of the Woodrow Wilson Centre.
Stressing that India and US "will not be allies, in the traditional military sense", Sen favoured the two countries to be called "strategic partners".
"We can reconcile our ideals and interests and do not have to sacrifice principles at the altar of expediency. As democracies, we have had, and will continue to have, differences on some issues", the Indian ambassador said.
"We are both founding members of the Community of Democracies. India is adjacent to the worlds largest concentration of terrorists, and the India-US Working Group on Counter-Terrorism was active long before 9/11. India is also adjacent to the worlds largest origins and destinations of proliferation of nuclear weapons and delivery systems", he said.
"The India-US civil nuclear initiative, which has attracted a lot of media attention, is the most outstanding symbol of the new relationship between the two countries as well as of Indias new standing in the world", Sen said.
"There are few issues on which there is complete agreement between the United States, Russia, European and other countries. Civil nuclear cooperation with India is one such issue", he said while speaking at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors and the Council of the Woodrow Wilson Centre.
Stressing that India and US "will not be allies, in the traditional military sense", Sen favoured the two countries to be called "strategic partners".
"We can reconcile our ideals and interests and do not have to sacrifice principles at the altar of expediency. As democracies, we have had, and will continue to have, differences on some issues", the Indian ambassador said.
"We are both founding members of the Community of Democracies. India is adjacent to the worlds largest concentration of terrorists, and the India-US Working Group on Counter-Terrorism was active long before 9/11. India is also adjacent to the worlds largest origins and destinations of proliferation of nuclear weapons and delivery systems", he said.
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