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India-IAEA discuss merits of safeguards

Pallav Bagla

Saturday, July 19, 2008, (Vienna)

India made its efforts on Friday to garner support for its case from IAEA Board of Governors and NSG countries, which are not part of the Board, on the safeguards agreement and other aspects of the Indo-US nuclear deal.

A 50 minute long closed-door affair in a Viennese hotel was what it took for Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and his team of Indian diplomats to convince IAEA board members of the merits of the safeguards agreement.

In a lobbying exercise to build up a global consensus towards the crucial approval of the India specific safeguards agreement, it was a private briefing for the 35-member IAEA board.

In all, 90 diplomats headed up to listen to India's defence, one western diplomat told NDTV that the group had many questions but that India answered them all.

At the lobbying excise that India undertook with the 60 member countries of the IAEA, the things seem to have gone in India's favour.

One diplomat said no one opposed the India Safeguard agreement but we have to wait, watch and see what happens on August 1 in IAEA, the nuclear watch dog of the world. It is yet to be seen whether they approve the safeguards agreement or not.

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