No opposition to any country's NSG membership: China:

[ashok321]

No opposition to any country's NSG membership: China

No opposition to any country's NSG membership: China:


Maintaining its see-sawing diplomatic stand over India's entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), China has said that it does not oppose any country's membership, however, adding that a standard for admission should be agreed upon first.

"On Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) issue, we do not oppose any country's membership, believing that a standard for admission should be agreed upon first," said Ambassador Luo Zhaohui at the United Service Institution of India in New Delhi.

Beijing has maintained that New Delhi's entry to the NSG must be based on a set of principles agreed by other members while adding that the discussions on specific cases must be carried out later.

"We stick to two-step approach namely, first NSG members need to arrive at a set of principles for the entry of non-NPT state parties into NSG and then move forward discussions of specific cases. Our position is consistent. Apart from India, other non-NPT state parties are also making applications. Our position on those applications is consistent," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said in a press briefing.

Even though India has been pushing hard for the membership it has failed due to objections from countries like China and New Zealand.India has long been trying to secure the membership of the 48-member group but China's stance on New Delhi not being a signatory of NPT has been blocking its bid to secure the seat.

 

[JOEY TRIBIANI]

Diplomatic statement .

 

[EndangeredSpecies]

The words do not matter. Only the actions do.

 

[Devil Soul]

No room yet for India in NSG, says China
Atul Aneja
BEIJING, MAY 22, 2017 15:26 IST
UPDATED: UPDATED: MAY 22, 2017 16:09 IST
Pakistan, China’s close ally, is the other declared nuclear weapon state, which has not signed the NPT.
China on Monday said it would oppose India’s unilateral entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), pending a consensus on the membership of the nuclear weapon states that have not signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT).

In response to a question, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said, “China's position on the non-NPT member’s participation in the NSG has not changed.”

The 48 nation NSG is expected to hold its plenary next month in Bern, Switzerland, where New Delhi’s entry is expected to be discussed. New Delhi formally applied for NSG membership in May last year, but China has consistently blocked India’s bid, pointing to the need for devolving universally applicable membership criteria for all countries that have not signed the NPT, but had become nuclear weapon states.

Pakistan, China’s close ally, is the other declared nuclear weapon state, which has not signed the NPT.

The NSG controls the global exports of nuclear technology and material to ensure that atomic energy is used only for peaceful purposes.

“We support the NSG following the mandate of the 2016 plenary session and following building consensus as well as the intergovernmental process that is open and transparent to deal with the relevant issues in a two-step approach, “ Ms. Hua observed.

In a statement last year after the November 11 meeting of the NSG in Vienna, the Foreign Ministry said that the meeting in the Austrian capital was held to discuss the “technical, legal and political aspects of non-NPT states’ participation in the NSG,” in accordance with the mandate adopted in June during the grouping’s meeting in Seoul. The meeting was a maiden attempt since the NSG’s inception in 1975 to formally take up non-NPT states’ participation “in an open and transparent manner.”

However, the statement reiterated China’s insistence on linking NSG membership to the NPT — a formulation that rules out India’s membership.

“China maintains that any formula [for membership] worked out should be non-discriminatory and applicable to all non-NPT states; without prejudice to the core value of the NSG and the effectiveness, authority and integrity of the international non-proliferation regime with the NPT as its cornerstone; and without contradicting the customary international law in the field of non-proliferation.”

In defining a two-step approach for arriving at a consensus, the Chinese side has said that the first step for membership was defining a “formula” that would be followed by the second step, which would be “country-specific.”

India has underscored that NPT membership is not essential for joining the NSG, as was illustrated in the case with France, which became a member of the NSG without signing the NPT.

Highly placed sources said that at the talks with the Chinese, India insisted that the NSG was not a non-proliferation, but an “export control,” mechanism. Therefore, India’s NSG bid should be de-linked from the criterion of NPT membership.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...dia-yet-in-nsg-says-china/article18523724.ece

 

[Khanate]

China on Monday said it would oppose India’s unilateral entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)

That's a principled stand.

 

[ito]

This is expected after India's snub to China on OBOR. Now India is planing to introduce new investment policy that exclude China from bidding in Indian infrastructure projects.

 

[Areesh]

Good work by China

 

[ito]

Indians and their NSG fixation. I guess it has become a national pastime.

This has nothing to do with NSG fixation...India gets what it wants from 2008 NSG wavier. This is to show to the Indian public on China's obduracy and to evolve policies that erect barriers on Chinese investments in Indian markets.

Like the policy announced today on investments in Indian power sector

http://www.businessinsider.in/Chine...ansmission-Heres-why/articleshow/58786942.cms

 

[Alpha BeeTee]

Phir vohi NSG wala drama shuru..
It's all so predictable and boring.

 

[Banglar Bir]

No room yet for India in NSG, says China
SAM Staff, May 23, 2017

China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying
China on Monday said it would oppose India’s unilateral entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), pending a consensus on the membership of the nuclear weapon states that have not signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT).

In response to a question, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said, “China’s position on the non-NPT member’s participation in the NSG has not changed.”

The 48 nation NSG is expected to hold its plenary next month in Bern, Switzerland, where New Delhi’s entry is expected to be discussed. New Delhi formally applied for NSG membership in May last year, but China has consistently blocked India’s bid, pointing to the need for devolving universally applicable membership criteria for all countries that have not signed the NPT, but had become nuclear weapon states.

Pakistan, China’s close ally, is the other declared nuclear weapon state, which has not signed the NPT.

The NSG controls the global exports of nuclear technology and material to ensure that atomic energy is used only for peaceful purposes.

“We support the NSG following the mandate of the 2016 plenary session and following building consensus as well as the intergovernmental process that is open and transparent to deal with the relevant issues in a two-step approach, “ Ms. Hua observed.

In a statement last year after the November 11 meeting of the NSG in Vienna, the Foreign Ministry said that the meeting in the Austrian capital was held to discuss the “technical, legal and political aspects of non-NPT states’ participation in the NSG,” in accordance with the mandate adopted in June during the grouping’s meeting in Seoul. The meeting was a maiden attempt since the NSG’s inception in 1975 to formally take up non-NPT states’ participation “in an open and transparent manner.”

However, the statement reiterated China’s insistence on linking NSG membership to the NPT — a formulation that rules out India’s membership.

“China maintains that any formula [for membership] worked out should be non-discriminatory and applicable to all non-NPT states; without prejudice to the core value of the NSG and the effectiveness, authority and integrity of the international non-proliferation regime with the NPT as its cornerstone; and without contradicting the customary international law in the field of non-proliferation.”

In defining a two-step approach for arriving at a consensus, the Chinese side has said that the first step for membership was defining a “formula” that would be followed by the second step, which would be “country-specific.”

India has underscored that NPT membership is not essential for joining the NSG, as was illustrated in the case with France, which became a member of the NSG without signing the NPT.

Highly placed sources said that at the talks with the Chinese, India insisted that the NSG was not a non-proliferation, but an “export control,” mechanism. Therefore, India’s NSG bid should be de-linked from the criterion of NPT membership.
http://southasianmonitor.com/2017/05/23/no-room-yet-india-nsg-says-china/

 

[Raphael]

This is expected after India's snub to China on OBOR. Now India is planing to introduce new investment policy that exclude China from bidding in Indian infrastructure projects.

Actually it has nothing to do with OBOR. We would have blocked India's NSG big regardless of their stance on OBOR.

This is about taking a principled stand against unprincipled privileges for India. India is not special. India is not entitled to special treatment. Even a superpower like India cannot barge into a private and exclusive group. India has the potential to join NSG, but only under a consistent, fair, and universal criteria that gives any nuclear non-NPT state the same chance of entry.

 

[Pakistan First]

India Isolated, ........... again.

 

[Ryuzaki]

No NSG is good for us,we can avoid building costly American,Russian and French nuclear reactors,we already have signed deals with Canada,Australia,Mongolia,Namibia etc for Uranium supply

 

[xyxmt]

This is expected after India's snub to China on OBOR. Now India is planing to introduce new investment policy that exclude China from bidding in Indian infrastructure projects.

India should keep digging

 

[Pyr0test]

No NSG is good for us,we can avoid building costly American,Russian and French nuclear reactors,we already have signed deals with Canada,Australia,Mongolia,Namibia etc for Uranium supply

so your options left as far as reactor design is concerned is Canada's CANDU and whatever Japan/Korea has atm. Not sure why you think purposefully limiting your choice is a good idea