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Civil nuclear deals with India & Pakistan: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka will negotiate civil nuclear cooperation agreements with both India & Pakistan, Atomic Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. Nuclear technology is used in many fields - such as food and agriculture, human health, environment and water resources. “We are trying to develop applications with friendly countries and we have selected a few areas,” Mr. Ranawaka said.
India has already conveyed to Sri Lanka a draft of Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and is awaiting feedback, authoritative sources said. This follows the first round of talks on civil nuclear cooperation between India and Sri Lanka held in New Delhi in October last year.
The Indian authorities also proposed dates for a further meeting but had not received a response from Sri Lanka, the sources added.
“They did send us a draft agreement,” confirmed Minister Ranawaka. “We have problems with the scope as it is too broad. Therefore, we want to have an agreement related to other applications.”
“We are discussing a similar agreement with Pakistan,” Mr. Ranawaka said. He explained that this was because India was more advanced in certain types of nuclear science applications while Pakistan was ahead in others.
The Minister said these issues would be discussed with India and Pakistan on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna in September.
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130512/news/civil-nuclear-deals-with-india-pakistan-44370.html
Sri Lanka will negotiate civil nuclear cooperation agreements with both India & Pakistan, Atomic Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. Nuclear technology is used in many fields - such as food and agriculture, human health, environment and water resources. “We are trying to develop applications with friendly countries and we have selected a few areas,” Mr. Ranawaka said.
India has already conveyed to Sri Lanka a draft of Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and is awaiting feedback, authoritative sources said. This follows the first round of talks on civil nuclear cooperation between India and Sri Lanka held in New Delhi in October last year.
The Indian authorities also proposed dates for a further meeting but had not received a response from Sri Lanka, the sources added.
“They did send us a draft agreement,” confirmed Minister Ranawaka. “We have problems with the scope as it is too broad. Therefore, we want to have an agreement related to other applications.”
“We are discussing a similar agreement with Pakistan,” Mr. Ranawaka said. He explained that this was because India was more advanced in certain types of nuclear science applications while Pakistan was ahead in others.
The Minister said these issues would be discussed with India and Pakistan on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna in September.
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130512/news/civil-nuclear-deals-with-india-pakistan-44370.html
