Time to move forward: Burns

Seeking “expeditious action” on the civilian nuclear deal with India, the US has said that both sides should “now move forward” to complete the “important” agreement which is in their “best interests”. “I am very much involved in this agreement between India and the US, and I’ve been in touch with the Indian Government as recently as Friday,” US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns said in London, according to a transcript made available here. Now, the pact “has to be completed and I would say that it’s time to move this agreement forward. I do agree with Ambassador Mulford, our excellent American Ambassador in Delhi, we don’t have all the time in the world. We are, quite famously, in an election year in the United States. The Congressional calendar is crowded,” Burns said.