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15:57, August 30, 2007 |
The US House of Representatives on July 26 passed the agreement between the United States and India on civilian nuclear energy cooperation by an overwhelming majority. For more than a month, the agreement has caused constantly setback.
First, it was the Pakistani side said that the agreement could threaten the strategic stability of the South Asian region, therefore leading to friction between India and Pakistan once again. Then, India and the United States had disputes on the issue of nuclear tests. In answering Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh' s claim on "India' s rights to conduct nuclear test in the future" on the 13th at India lower house, the United States warned that if India conducted nuclear tests, it will terminate the implementation of its agreement with India on civilian nuclear energy cooperation.
American' s tough stance "hurt" some people' s feeling in India and caused strong opposition. On August 20, Indian leftist forces issued a joint statement, calling on the government to stop promoting Indian-US nuclear agreement, or it will withdraw from the ruling coalition. But Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not compromise. On August 21, he noted that he would never stop promoting India-US nuclear agreement even if the left-wing threatens to "topple" the government.
In fact, Singh is not the only one who has been persisting in the India-US nuclear agreement. "Times of India" recently published a poll result, which indicated that 93% of the Indian people support the agreement. Therefore, analysts believe that although the leftists worried that the agreement will deprive India of independence in its foreign policy and Singh' s government will encounter some resistance in promoting nuclear cooperation between India and the United States, the two will continue to advance the agreement.
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