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India, Japan fail to break grounds on nuclear deal
September 01, 2014
NDTV reports:
Despite the bonhomie between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese
premier Shinzo Abe, India and Japan failed to break new grounds in
ongoing talks on a nuclear deal between the two countries.
The
two sides today signed a statement of intent to continue talks on the
nuclear deal, officials said after summit talks between the two leaders
in Tokyo today.
The Japanese PM said there had been, "important progress on nuclear
cooperation in the last few months. I was able to have frank discussions
with PM Modi on this issue and deepen understanding on both sides."
Talks
on a deal have been stuck on Japan's insistence on a clause that India
won't test again and will allow more intrusive inspections of its
nuclear facilities to ensure that spent fuel is not diverted to make
bombs.
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