News APP

NewsApp (Free)

Read news as it happens
Download NewsApp
Rediff.com  » News » NSG waiver may take time: US

NSG waiver may take time: US

Source: PTI
Last updated on: August 21, 2008 15:24 IST
Get Rediff News in your Inbox:

The US on Thursday seemed to suggest that the waiver from Nuclear Suppliers Group for India to conduct nuclear commerce with other countries may not not come at the current deliberations.

US Ambassador to India David C Mulford, who is in Vienna for meetings on the sidelines of the two-day NSG meeting considering India's case ending Friday, told NDTV that Washington thinks that eventually a consensus would be arrived at on the issue, but it does not not know how quickly.

"This won't be easy, we need to be patient," he said adding, "it is quite early to say how the NSG talks will go."

Countries like Ireland, New Zealand and Austria have reservations over India being give a waiver since they feel it will have implications relating to nuclear proliferation.

The US is moving the NSG for the exemption that will enable New Delhi and Washington to implement the nuclear deal they had reached in 2005.

Get Rediff News in your Inbox:
Source: PTI© Copyright 2024 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.