India ready to be in NSG |
China and Pakistan may not agree, but the United States believes - completely - that India is ready to enter the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).Hours after China defended its blocking India from becoming part of the NSG, the US said that India does in fact meet the missile technology control regime requirements for entry into the NSG.In fact, State Department Spokesman John Kirby reminded the media that US President Barack Obama said as much in 2015. Kirby`s remarks about India`s eligibility for the NSG came in response to a question about reports that China and Pakistan have joined hands to oppose India becoming a member of the NSG.US sources recently told ANI that they are disappointed with Chinese tactics of "using Pakistan`s non credentials with the NSG to settle scores with India".China made claims yesterday that many members of the 48-nation NSG share its view that signing of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is an "important" standard for the group`s expansion.They said that India`s non-proliferation credentials can never be compared with Pakistan`s, as Pakistan has a history of "selling Nuclear technology to rogue states like Libya". India has said it won`t ever join the NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state, because those weapons are integral to its security.
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