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India should probably hold on to the celebration of scoring a crucial win in its bid for a Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership. According to a Bloomberg report, three diplomats who represent countries within the 48-nation group said Prime Minister Modi will need to wait a little bit longer to get into the elite club that controls trade in advanced nuclear technologies.
So, does that imply Switzerland 's backing for India 's entry to the top club means nothing? The diplomats, in the report, cite three big reasons to think so.
Admission criteria: That's right. The diplomats in the report claim India hasn't yet met all the criteria for admission and a delay could could roil Modi's grand plan to get into the nuclear mainstream. What's worse, this delay would push back a decision on Indian membership to later in the year, and risk bumping into the US presidential election.
Bomb worry: The diplomats say the terms of entry require more negotiating to preserve India's credibility of the trade controls. They want tighter monitoring by international nuclear inspectors as well as iron-clad assurances that Indian activities in its civilian nuclear program won't be used for military purposes.
Because NSG decisions are taken by consensus, a minority of members, especially China, could block India's bid to join. While the US has backed India's inclusion in the NSG, China is reportedly supporting Pakistan .
Pakistan: The diplomats say they're concerned that admitting India would weaken the rules for other non-recognized nuclear-weapons states to join. Pakistan has also submitted an application to join the NSG, according to the envoys.
John Kerry signaled that India would be willing to cooperate with Pakistan's application in his letter.
"With respect to other possible new members of the NSG, Indian officials have stated that India would take a merit-based approach to such applications and would not be influenced by extraneous regional issues," he wrote.
China's assertion that if the NSG countries make an exception for India, they should do the same for Pakistan , even though Islamabad has been caught selling nuclear weapons secrets to Libya and was named and shamed globally.
India's application for NSG will come up for review on June 9.
India should probably hold on to the celebration of scoring a crucial win in its bid for a Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership. According to a Bloomberg report, three diplomats who represent countries within the 48-nation group said Prime Minister Modi will need to wait a little bit longer to get into the elite club that controls trade in advanced nuclear technologies.
So, does that imply Switzerland 's backing for India 's entry to the top club means nothing? The diplomats, in the report, cite three big reasons to think so.
Admission criteria: That's right. The diplomats in the report claim India hasn't yet met all the criteria for admission and a delay could could roil Modi's grand plan to get into the nuclear mainstream. What's worse, this delay would push back a decision on Indian membership to later in the year, and risk bumping into the US presidential election.
Bomb worry: The diplomats say the terms of entry require more negotiating to preserve India's credibility of the trade controls. They want tighter monitoring by international nuclear inspectors as well as iron-clad assurances that Indian activities in its civilian nuclear program won't be used for military purposes.
Because NSG decisions are taken by consensus, a minority of members, especially China, could block India's bid to join. While the US has backed India's inclusion in the NSG, China is reportedly supporting Pakistan .
Pakistan: The diplomats say they're concerned that admitting India would weaken the rules for other non-recognized nuclear-weapons states to join. Pakistan has also submitted an application to join the NSG, according to the envoys.
John Kerry signaled that India would be willing to cooperate with Pakistan's application in his letter.
"With respect to other possible new members of the NSG, Indian officials have stated that India would take a merit-based approach to such applications and would not be influenced by extraneous regional issues," he wrote.
China's assertion that if the NSG countries make an exception for India, they should do the same for Pakistan , even though Islamabad has been caught selling nuclear weapons secrets to Libya and was named and shamed globally.
India's application for NSG will come up for review on June 9.
