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“Repudiate 123 Agreement”

NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday re-emphasised that India should repudiate the 123 agreement with the United States since it was fully in conformity with the Hyde Act and “violates the crucial commitments” made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Parliament.

This becomes clear in the documents submitted by the Bush Administration to U.S. Congress along with the Presidential Determination on the Indo-U.S. civil nuclear cooperation, the party Polit Bureau said in a statement here and cited five key areas on which Washington’s interpretation was different from that of New Delhi.

These are: fuel supply assurances and IAEA safeguards; full cooperation in civilian nuclear technology; consent to reprocess; extraneous issues tied with nuclear cooperation; and Missile Technology Control Regime.

“The time has come for the Indian government to repudiate the 123 Agreement, which is not in India’s national interest. The government has no option, as the argument that India has a different interpretation of the 123 Agreement is meaningless. The U.S., as a supplier of nuclear equipment and materials, will undertake such supply only under the terms of what it calls a ‘framework agreement.’ A different interpretation of the 123 Agreement by India will in no way bind the U.S. as a supplier,” the party said.

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