NEW DELHI - India should work out a political mechanism to quickly implement the India-United States civilian nuclear deal, US Treasury Secretary Henry M Paulson was quoted as saying on Sunday. ‘We want the nuclear deal to move as quickly as possible. This is a very important deal,’ Paulson, a key member of the George W Bush cabinet, was quoted as saying by IANS news agency at a function on the outskirts of Kolkata, capital of eastern West Bengal state.Paulson said the nuclear deal would help India to meet its energy needs, but it would also have to sort out internal political differences. ‘India has to work out its own mechanism. You all have to work through your own internal political decision. That’s up to India,’ he said.
Paulson on Saturday began his four-day trip to India with a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya to discuss investment and the nuclear deal. He is scheduled to travel to Mumbai and New Delhi for economic conferences and to meet federal Finance Minister P Chidambaram and the heads of the central bank and securities regulator.