U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday discussed by telephone with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the U.S.-India civilian nuclear energy agreement, the White House said.
"What I would point out to you is that the president and Prime Minister Singh have been very supportive of it, as it is debated there in India" after being concluded last month, White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said in Crawford, Texas where Bush is on his holiday.
Perino attached importance to the civilian nuclear energy deal, saying that being a country that has explosive population, India " very much needs access to clean-burning electricity, of which nuclear power certainly would be."
"And that would help raise economic levels across the country, help create jobs, as well as make sure that people aren't suffering from the ill effects that you can get from traditional energy uses like coal, that can harm people's health," the spokeswoman said.
"And nuclear power, obviously, doesn't have greenhouse gases, which can contribute to helping us reach the goals that the president has set for reducing greenhouse gas emissions."
India has been invited to Washington for a September 27-28 international conference on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, Perino added.
The United States and India reached a historic agreement on civil nuclear cooperation in March 2006, under which India will get access to U.S. civil nuclear technology, and open its nuclear facilities to inspection.
Source: Xinhua
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