Politics
Nuclear: Obama and Indian PM agree to landmark deal
Washington, Nov. 25 (AKI/IANS) - United States president Barack Obama and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh have vowed to implement a landmark nuclear agreement and reaffirmed the "global strategic partnership" between their two countries.
"The two leaders reiterated their intention to realise the full potential of the India-US agreement for cooperation concerning the peaceful use of nuclear energy through the implementation of its provisions," the leaders said in a joint statement.
The statement was issued on Tuesday after talks in Washington between Obama and Singh during the Indian leader's state visit which began on Monday.
The civilian nuclear deal gives Delhi access to US civilian nuclear technology and fuel in return for inspections of its civilian but not military nuclear facilities.
"They agreed to expedite US firms' participation in the implementation of this agreement," the joint statement said without indicating a time frame.
Obama and Singh also agreed to boost a high technology transfer, another key objective of Singh's visit.
"Strengthening high technology trade between their countries is in the spirit of their strategic dialogue and partnership," the statement said.
The two leaders pledged to deepen cooperation in areas from security and climate change to trade and education.
They committed to continue pursuing defence cooperation via security dialogue, defence exercises, trade besides technology transfer and collaboration.
They also agreed to collaborate in the application of their space technology and that related to development, including in the field of agriculture.
They announced eight cooperation memoranda including on education and green technology and and annual economic and financial forum to be held next year.
After their meeting, Obama said he had accepted an invitation to visit India next year and said he and Singh had agreed to work more closely on sharing information between law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Obama also said he intends to 'finish the job' of rooting out Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, where over 60,000 US troops are currently deployed.
"The two leaders reiterated their intention to realise the full potential of the India-US agreement for cooperation concerning the peaceful use of nuclear energy through the implementation of its provisions," the leaders said in a joint statement.
The statement was issued on Tuesday after talks in Washington between Obama and Singh during the Indian leader's state visit which began on Monday.
The civilian nuclear deal gives Delhi access to US civilian nuclear technology and fuel in return for inspections of its civilian but not military nuclear facilities.
"They agreed to expedite US firms' participation in the implementation of this agreement," the joint statement said without indicating a time frame.
Obama and Singh also agreed to boost a high technology transfer, another key objective of Singh's visit.
"Strengthening high technology trade between their countries is in the spirit of their strategic dialogue and partnership," the statement said.
The two leaders pledged to deepen cooperation in areas from security and climate change to trade and education.
They committed to continue pursuing defence cooperation via security dialogue, defence exercises, trade besides technology transfer and collaboration.
They also agreed to collaborate in the application of their space technology and that related to development, including in the field of agriculture.
They announced eight cooperation memoranda including on education and green technology and and annual economic and financial forum to be held next year.
After their meeting, Obama said he had accepted an invitation to visit India next year and said he and Singh had agreed to work more closely on sharing information between law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Obama also said he intends to 'finish the job' of rooting out Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, where over 60,000 US troops are currently deployed.
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