India to convey its disappointment over China's NSG stand

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India, which was surprised by China's stand on the Indo-US nuclear deal at the NSG meeting, will convey its disappointment to Beijing, National Security Adviser (NSA) M K Narayanan said.

He pointed out that Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jienchi is visiting India next week and said that the subject will be discussed with him.

"The (Chinese) Foreign Minister will come here and we will of course express some kind of disappointment ... saying that we expected more from them," Narayanan told a private TV channel.

He said he was sure the visiting Foreign Minister will have his own explanation on the issue.

"We were a little surprised about China," he said pointing out that Chinese President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao had told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that they would never be a part of the problem and never create difficulties for India.

However, Nararyanan said "we are not a one issue government" and just because China did not support India "we are not going to have problems with them".

"We cannot choose our neighbours. We have China and Pakistan as neighbours and with both of them we desire to have the best of relations," he said.

Narayanan noted that India has had problems with China in many ways but the bilateral relations have "vastly improved" in the last few years.

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China welcomes NSG waiver for India

8 September 2008

After its unexpected opposition in Vienna, China today welcomed the NSG granting a waiver to India to engage in nuclear commerce, but hoped this cooperation should be "conducive" to safeguarding the global nuclear non-proliferation efforts.

"China hopes that the decision will contribute to peaceful use of nuclear energy and international cooperation on nuclear non-proliferation," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

China had joined hold-out countries like Austria, New Zealand and Ireland which insisted on incorporating their concerns in the waiver but later relented after the US pushed hard to get the nod of the 45-member nuclear cartel.

"China believes that all countries are entitled to make peaceful use of nuclear energy, and conduct international cooperation in this regard," the statement said.

"Meanwhile, relevant cooperation should be conducive to safeguarding the integrity and efficacy of the international nuclear non-proliferation regime," the statement said.

Beijing's statement is being seen as a move to assuage New Delhi which has conveyed its unhappiness over the Chinese position at the NSG meet.

The tough negotiations at Vienna went down to the wire after China, which had sounded positive in the run-up to the NSG meeting, took a different line creating problems for a consensus on the waiver.

The statement came on a day when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee held talks with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in New Delhi.

source: PTI