No uranium sales unless India signs NPT: Australia

[bananas]

Good - the other NSG suppliers should do the same.

http://www.thehindu.com/holnus/001200903191864.htm

Thursday, March 19, 2009
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No uranium sales unless India signs NPT: Australia

Chandigarh (IANS): Despite the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) nod for the historic India-US nuclear deal, Australia, one of the world's largest producers of uranium, is unwilling to export it to India unless New Delhi signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the country's envoy says.

"The NSG decision cannot affect our policies and decisions. We are very clear that we would not supply uranium to any country that has not signed the NPT," Australian High Commissioner to India John McCarthy told IANS here.

"The present labour government (of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd) is very particular about this issue and there is no chance of laxity in its stand," the envoy, who was here for a media seminar, added.

"In fact, the previous prime minister of Australia, John Howard, was somewhat lenient and ready for negotiations with India. If this deal had happened during his government then the situation could have been different," Mr. McCarthy stated.

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[bananas]

1. Alert the moderators!

The NPT is about nuclear weapons, not nuclear energy!

[Nihil]

2. Definitely flame-bait.

The OP was posted as such potent flame-bait that even the author
felt obliged to respond ...
:P