| Congressman Ed Markey talks about the U.S. - India Nuclear Deal |
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On October 18, FAS hosted a news briefing on the status of the nuclear technology transfer agreement between the United States and India in light of its near collapse. The transcript, video and images are available online - - learn more about why this treaty is a bad idea. While both Congreesman Markey and FAS support positive US Indian Relations, both FAS and Congressman Markey oppose the agreement as undermining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime or NPT. Visit: http://fas.org/main/content.jsp?formAction=297&contentId=574 From Wikipedia: The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT or NNPT) is an international treaty to limit the spread of nuclear weapons, opened for signature on July 1, 1968. There are currently 189 states party to the treaty, five of which have nuclear weapons: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and the People's Republic of China. Only four nations are not signatories: India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea. India and Pakistan both possess and have openly tested nuclear bombs. Israel has had a policy of opacity regarding its own nuclear weapons program. North Korea ratified the treaty, violated it, and later withdrew. |
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However, looking to the need of the hour, especially with regard to India which is a country with utmost self-restraint, I personally feel that this agreement should work for now and any amendment or changes that could be required could be taken up at a later stage with the concurrence of respective nations.
But giving a cold shoulder to the agreement at this stage would mean that it would be difficult to put through such an agreement and hence the required control over the nuclear weapons would stand eliminated. Moreover, this is also an opportunity to bring the two nations viz. US and India together on one table and areas of cooperation in this field can be explored.