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Coinciding with Shyam Saran8217;s visit here for talks on the Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation, two lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan resolution in the House of Representatives opposing the deal and claiming that it posed 8216;8216;grave security implications8217;8217; for South Asia and the entire world.
8216;8216;Current law prohibits the sale of nuclear technology to any country such as India which refuses to sign the Non Proliferation Treaty NPT, refuses to allow full safeguards under the treaty and which develops nuclear weapons and detonates nuclear tests in defiance of the treaty,8217;8217; Democrat Ed Markey, who has co-sponsored the resolution along with his Republican colleague Fred Upton, said in a statement claiming that this move has 8220;grave security implications for South Asia and the entire world8221;.
The resolution was introduced on Tuesday ahead of Saran8217;s talks with his American counterpart Nicholas Burns here during which the two sides are expected to spell out the steps taken by them on implementation of the civilian nuclear deal. 8212;PTI
