New Delhi: The Government has not stalled its efforts to conclude the Indo-US civil nuclear deal. Ahead of a closed-door meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, where America is expected to brief the member nations on the civil nuclear deal, a US State Dept official has for the first time put a time-table for operationalising the deal.
Richard Stratford, Director at the Office of Nuclear Energy Affairs in the US State Department has been quoted as saying, "The US wants to meet the entire pre-requisites of the operationalisation of the deal by the end of this year."
He said he would also "put forth the conditions asked by India for a clean, unconditional exemption (from NSG rules to enable nuclear commerce)."
Stratford, who is heading the US delegation at the NSG meet, admitted that it could be a tough job. "But we will try to do it, and I am optimistic."
"We are also going to tell about the safeguards issues which India has to sort out with the IAEA," he said.
America will try to impress upon the NSG member nations, the need for clean and unconditional exemption sought by India for nuclear trade.
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