Vienna: The United States has proposed to waive restrictions on critical nuclear trade with India in a draft circulated among member nations of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and published by an arms control advocacy group.
The draft, published on the web site of the US-based Arms Control Association (www.armscontrol.org), would effectively lift a 34-year embargo on nuclear trade with India without tying the waiver to explicit conditions for the Asian nuclear power.
Several NSG nations had said they expected the exemption to identify events that would trigger a review, such as an Indian nuclear bomb test or failure to allow wide-ranging inspections of its nuclear facilities.
The draft states the NSG members "have taken note of steps that India has taken voluntarily," including its unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests and its commitment to allow inspections by the UN nuclear watchdog.
But it does not mention any consequences or sanctions for the case that India does not adhere to those measures.
The US draft was sent to NSG chair Germany on August 6 to forward it to all of the 45 NSG members, according to ACA.
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