France promises ‘full civil nuclear cooperation’

Amid growing concerns that nuclear powers would deny India the enrichment and reprocessing technologies,France,for the second time in a week,said nothing in the existing and future Nuclear Suppliers’ Group guidelines should be interpreted as detracting from the “clean” exemption given to India or reducing the ambition of Indo-French “full” civil nuclear cooperation. The NSG had recently decided to push for more stringent norms that govern technology transfer for enrichment and reprocessing technology.

Jerome Bonnafont,French Ambassador,said: “NSG guidelines play key role in support of national export policies and decisions. France strongly supports India’s adhesion to the Group.”