India’s NSG Membership Is Not About Arms: US Tells Pakistan

State Department Deputy Spokesman said that India’s NSG membership is about civilian use of nuclear energy.

The US said India’s NSG membership is not about an arms race, but about civilian use of nuclear energy. (Photo: Reuters)

• In apparent dissatisfaction over Pakistan’s opposition to India becoming a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the US has said it is not about an arms race, but about civilian use of nuclear energy.
  
  
• Deputy spokesman of the US State Department Toner was responding to questions about India’s membership application to NSG and opposition to it by Pakistan on the grounds that this would give pace to nuclear arms race in the region.
  
  
• He added, “President (Barack) Obama did affirm the US view that India meets missile technology control regime requirements and is ready for membership. But it’s a consensus body, so we’ll wait and see how the vote goes.”

(With PTI inputs)