China Dismisses India's Stand On France:Nuclear Suppliers Group Membership

[Tripoli]

The issue was expected to figure in the talks during President Pranab Mukherjee's visit to China from Tuesday.

Beijing:China today rebutted India's assertion thar France was included in the Nuclear Suppliers Group without signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty, saying France was a founder member of the elite group and so the issue of accepting its membership does not arise.

Ahead of President Pranab Mukherjee's visit, China also called for "in-depth" talks to build consensus over India's admission into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), days after Pakistan staked claim to join the 48-member grouping with purported backing from Beijing.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying sounded firm about China's stance that all new members that join the NSG must sign Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Ms Hua rebutted India's assertion that France was included in the elite group without signing the NPT.

"When France joined the NSG it was not a party to the NPT: France was the founder member of the NSG so the issue of acceptance to the NSG does not exist", Ms Hua said responding to Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Vikas Swarup's comment last week.

"The NSG is an ad hoc export control regime and France, which was not an NPT member for some time, was a member of the NSG since it respected NSG's objectives," Mr Swarup had said on May 20, rejecting China's oft-repeated assertion that India should sign the NPT to join the NSG.

"The NSG is an important component of the non-proliferation regime is founded on the NPT. This is a long term consensus of the international community which was reaffirmed last year by the NPT review convention," Ms Hua said.

That is why the NSG has been taking NPT signatory status must status for new members, Ms Hua said.

The issue was expected to figure in the talks during President Pranab Mukherjee's visit to China from Tuesday.

President Pranab Mukherjee would arrive in Chinese city of Guangzhou and later arrive in Beijing on May 25 during which he is scheduled to hold talks with Chinese leaders including his counterpart Xi Jinping.

http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nucl...p-china-rebuts-indias-stand-on-france-1409187

 

[Tripoli]

France was a founder member of the elite group and so the issue of accepting its membership does not arise

Pretty straightforward statement by China.
Interestingly, all this happened right when Mukherjee's arrived in China.

 

[SrNair]

It is their Choice .Perhaps interest .But we also have to look after our own interest.
Right?
One way or another we will take what we want .
Or we will make sure that such organisation wont be matter in our business .We have resources to do that.
And donot blame us if we increase our relation with nations like Vietnam in to 'next level'.

 

[Sankpal]

It is their Choice .Perhaps interest .But we also have to look after our own interest.
Right?
One way or another we will take what we want .
Or we will make sure that such organisation wont be matter in our business .We have resources to do that.
And donot blame us if we increase our or relation with nations like Vietnam in to 'next level'.

Yes, correct.
with or without support from China.

 

[Laozi]

Looks like China has firmly decided to keep Pakistan happy.

I really wonder what other benefits besides CPEC would China be deriving from Pakistan.

India may use tactics to hurt Chinese Exports on a larger scale, to take revenge.

I won't be surprised if next month Modi whispers something fishy in Obama's ears in a tete-a-tete

 

[twocents]

The long and short of all this is that either both India and Pakistan join NSG or neither. China has made that promise to Pakistan and fully intends to keep it.