In Delhi, Hours ahead of US President Barack Obama’s arrival , India and the US seemed to hold negotiations to break the deadlock in operationalizing the civil nuclear agreement, as per top government sources.
There was optimism on the Indian side that US was going to use his executive powers to temper the US insistence on getting tracking rights perpetually on nuclear material, even those sourced from third countries for use in US reactors, over and above inspections by the IAEA. As per the agreement likely to be reached, the US authorities will go by assurances provided by IAEA over India’s use of nuclear material and its non-proliferation commitments. However, London meeting last week had failed to address this crucial administrative issue, leaving it to Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the final call.
