India signs pacts with Spain, seeks support in NSG for N-deal

India today sought the support of Spain, a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group...

India today sought the support of Spain, a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), for the Indo-US nuclear deal as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met his Spanish counterpart Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero here.

Singh also invited Spanish investment in various sectors, including infrastructure, automobiles and renewable energy, a suggestion to which Zapatero responded positively.

Sources said the Indo-US nuclear deal came up during the talks between the two leaders and Singh sought Spain’s support in this regard. Spain is a member of the 45-nation NSG where India is required, under the Indo-US nuclear deal, to evolve consensus to allow the international community to have trade with it in the atomic field.

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The two sides also signed three pacts, including Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty on Criminal Matters, after about 90-minute meeting between Singh and Zapatero, which covered a host of issues, particularly focussing on enhancing cooperation in economic and political field.

Zapatero later had to cut short his visit due to a subway train accident in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, killing more than 30 people and injuring about a dozen. However, rest of the delegation members accompanying him stayed back to fulfil their commitments.

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