US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer on Thursday reiterated that his country would provide enrichment and reprocessing technologies to India.
?Having come from the White House and Washington DC recently, I would like to say the White House and Obama administration strongly support the (Nuclear Supplier’s Group) clean waiver for India,” he said on his last day in office here.
Roemer, who served a two-year term in India, also expressed the hope that the 2006 India-US civil nuclear deal would move forward with New Delhi’s commitment to ratify the Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC) for nuclear damage.
His remarks on the NSG clean waiver came ahead of his farewell meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Nuclear Supplier’s Group in its Netherlands meeting last week decided to tighten regulations for export of sensitive enrichment and reprocessing technologies.
?Secondly, the 123 civil nuclear legislation also underscores our support for India in this debate that is going on. Thirdly, our law clearly points out to clean waiver for India. So, the president firmly supports it, the 123 agreement firmly supports it and our law firmly commits us to it,? the outgoing envoy added.
?As India moves forward to ratify the CSC and works more closely with the US companies, you will see this civil nuclear agreement hopefully continue to move in a very positive direction in the future,? he said.