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India must stand firm on N-deal, Kashmir
By Arun Kumar Singh
Let us take the nuclear issue first. It is, indeed, not a coincidence that Richard Boucher arrived in India a day before the NSG meet in Vienna proved "inconclusive" on August 22, 2008, and the NSG is scheduled to meet again on September 4-5, 2008. Foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon has rushed off to the United States to work out a new draft, taking into account "suggestions" of some NSG members - signing NPT, CTBT, cancellation of the deal in case India tests, no enrichment and reprocessing facilities. While we may take comfort in the fact that major countries like US, Russia, France and Britain supported us, and China did not oppose us, was the opposition from "smaller" nations not foreseen or, at worst, was it a trap to get India to agree to these "suggestions". What is disturbing here, apart from the palpable loss of face, is Mr Boucher's statement as reported by the media: "…some changes will be made, and India will have to agree to these…"
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