19 May 2006

Fissile treaty bomb ticks on nuclear deal | The Telegraph (India)

India will, therefore, have to stop producing fissile material the moment the CD approves the treaty and it subsequently goes into effect, capping New Delhi’s nuclear weapons programme.

Pakistan, on the other hand, can continue to produce or acquire fissile material from other sources and continue to make newer and more sophisticated nuclear bombs because it has made no commitment to Washington to stop producing such material.

Islamabad may also stay out of the proposed FMCT.

India cannot do so because the nuclear deal with the US and any subsequent approval of the agreement by the multinational Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) — which controls the global nuclear trade — will be off if New Delhi shies away from signing the proposed treaty.

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What is more significant, it is for the first time in more than 15 years that the US has submitted any disarmament proposal to the international community.

What this means is that a primary target of Rademaker's draft is the nuclear deal with India.

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