Completing nuke deal with India ‘very important’: US

Roemer said President Barack Obama has put his priority on relationship with India,as for America there is “strategic interest to cooperate more and more and engage in trade”.

He said signing of the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement has brought a new confidence in the bilateral relations.

One of the issues under negotiations to complete the agreement includes setting up of dedicated reprocessing facilities for the spent fuel in India.

The two countries signed the historic agreement in October 2008 ending India’s isolation in global nuclear trade.

Roemer,former Congressman for six terms,said though trade (about USD 45 billion) between India and the US have doubled in the last five years,”we can do better”.

The new Ambassador said that the bilateral investment protection treaty would “hopefully” be signed soon.

The two sides are trying to resolve differences on the level of protection sought by the US on investment to Indian in the treaty.