US Senate likely to vote on Indian nuclear deal Wednesday
The US Senate is expected to vote on the landmark US-India civilian nuclear agreement on Wednesday in a bid to give final legislative endorsement to the deal, a top senator said Tuesday.
By Agencies |
WASHINGTON: The US Senate is expected to vote on the landmark US-India civilian nuclear agreement on Wednesday in a bid to give final legislative endorsement to the deal, a top senator said Tuesday.
"We're still working on agreement to consider the US-India nuclear agreement," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said. "I'm quite sure we can finalize that so there can be a vote on that tomorrow."
If the Senate endorses the agreement it would finally end a three decades-old ban on nuclear trade with India imposed after it carried out its first nuclear test in 1974 and refused to sign the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
The House of Representatives on Saturday passed the pact with by a 298-117 vote.
Signed by President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July 2005, the deal offers India access to Western technology and cheap atomic energy in return for New Delhi allowing UN inspections of some of its nuclear facilities.
"We're still working on agreement to consider the US-India nuclear agreement," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said. "I'm quite sure we can finalize that so there can be a vote on that tomorrow."
If the Senate endorses the agreement it would finally end a three decades-old ban on nuclear trade with India imposed after it carried out its first nuclear test in 1974 and refused to sign the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
The House of Representatives on Saturday passed the pact with by a 298-117 vote.
Signed by President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July 2005, the deal offers India access to Western technology and cheap atomic energy in return for New Delhi allowing UN inspections of some of its nuclear facilities.
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