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India-Pakistan
India and US Seal Landmark Nuclear Deal
2008-10-12
One of George Bush's better, and more quiet, diplomatic triumphs.
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI -- Silencing sceptics in both countries, India and the US have signed the 123 civil nuclear pact after over three years of intense diplomatic and political debate -- a historic move that will restore nuclear trade and transform ties between the once estranged democracies. The landmark deal signed on Friday will allow India access to nuclear reactors, fuel and technologies from the US after a gap of 34 years when Washington terminated nuclear cooperation as New Delhi conducted a nuclear test in the Pokhran desert of Rajasthan in 1974.

The deal also marks a paradigm shift in relations between India and the US, which were marked by mutual distrust and suspicion till a turnaround warming of ties began around 2000.

India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed the bilateral 123 agreement at an elegant ceremony on Friday. "This is truly an historic occasion," said Rice before signing what she called an "unprecedented" agreement that makes a one-time exception for India, which has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), to resume nuclear trade with Washington while retaining its strategic programme.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  Give Bush some well-deserved credit - he fought Congress, internal Indian politics, Pakistan, ....

and got a deal done that helps cement Indian-US ties
Posted by: Frank G   2008-10-12 15:58  

#3  and nobody has bothered to correct 'the big lie'...
Posted by: Abu do you love   2008-10-12 15:46  

#2  We'll "get" the O-man because the American people have been fed a pablum of egalitarianism, affirmative action, and social entitlement.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-10-12 15:45  

#1  a George Bush triumph... even a blind pig can occasionally find an acorn.

Bush has consistently failed to lead, and we will likely get O-man as a result..
Posted by: Abu do you love   2008-10-12 15:35  

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