Thursday, July 24, 2008
N-deal to get a move on
July 23: India today expressed confidence that the India-specific safeguards agreement will be cleared by the IAEA Board of Governors at its meeting in Vienna on 1 August.
Indo-US nuclear deal is expected to unlock a whopping 20 billion-pound investment in the power sector. The landmark nuclear deal, which is now assured, will allow India full access to civilian nuclear fuel and technology.
IMO: And maybe much more investment than 20 billion pounds. Let us hope it is honest and not mainly 'bungs'. Hmm.... Probably best if it does go through, at least it gives India a chance to obtain some relatively non-polluting power.
Supposedly the US will "convince" Pakistan not to vote against it. Pakistan, a member of the IAEA board, has already raised objections to the proposed safeguards agreement that India has sought with the UN nuclear watchdog. India has therefore stepped up its diplomatic efforts to ensure that Pakistan and other sceptics like Ireland do not force voting in the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards pact. The voting in the IAEA, which only happens rarely - the last one being the vote on the Iranian nuclear programme two years ago, may embolden sceptics in the NSG to air their opposition. That is why India wants to doubly ensure that Pakistan’s designs do not succeed and the board approves the safeguards pact unanimously.
IMO: But the Paks obtained illegal nuclear weapons and nearly plunged the world into nuclear crisis. They should not be on this or any other relevant committees as far as I can see. West Pakistan is virtually run by Al Qaeda and the Taliban, using approaches which historically gave Islam its early successes in the Arab world, and which ran against existing culture there. Now we effectively have enemy armies outside Peshawar in a way which Arab historians should see as familiar. Pakistan is a bankrupt rump state, and a Saudi/AlQaeda puppet. (In theory a puppet of the ugly, grossly obese Americans too). But Saudi Arabia will not gain from its presence on such committees and neither will anyone else.
July 23: India today expressed confidence that the India-specific safeguards agreement will be cleared by the IAEA Board of Governors at its meeting in Vienna on 1 August.
Indo-US nuclear deal is expected to unlock a whopping 20 billion-pound investment in the power sector. The landmark nuclear deal, which is now assured, will allow India full access to civilian nuclear fuel and technology.
IMO: And maybe much more investment than 20 billion pounds. Let us hope it is honest and not mainly 'bungs'. Hmm.... Probably best if it does go through, at least it gives India a chance to obtain some relatively non-polluting power.
Supposedly the US will "convince" Pakistan not to vote against it. Pakistan, a member of the IAEA board, has already raised objections to the proposed safeguards agreement that India has sought with the UN nuclear watchdog. India has therefore stepped up its diplomatic efforts to ensure that Pakistan and other sceptics like Ireland do not force voting in the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards pact. The voting in the IAEA, which only happens rarely - the last one being the vote on the Iranian nuclear programme two years ago, may embolden sceptics in the NSG to air their opposition. That is why India wants to doubly ensure that Pakistan’s designs do not succeed and the board approves the safeguards pact unanimously.
IMO: But the Paks obtained illegal nuclear weapons and nearly plunged the world into nuclear crisis. They should not be on this or any other relevant committees as far as I can see. West Pakistan is virtually run by Al Qaeda and the Taliban, using approaches which historically gave Islam its early successes in the Arab world, and which ran against existing culture there. Now we effectively have enemy armies outside Peshawar in a way which Arab historians should see as familiar. Pakistan is a bankrupt rump state, and a Saudi/AlQaeda puppet. (In theory a puppet of the ugly, grossly obese Americans too). But Saudi Arabia will not gain from its presence on such committees and neither will anyone else.
# posted by uv : 5:10 AM
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