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India disappointed at Chinese stand
Asia Pacific News.Net Sunday 7th September, 2008 (ANI)
New Delhi, Sept 7 : While the Nuclear Supplies Group waiver at Vienna on Saturday has been a major breakthrough for India, there is concern here that China chose to join the group of six like-minded countries that expressed reservations in granting India-specific waiver at the last minute in the NSG meeting.
National Security Advisor M K Narayanan told reporters on Saturday that India would take up the issue with China. The Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jienchi is visiting India next week and Narayanan said that the subject will be discussed with him.
"The (Chinese) Foreign Minister will come here and we will of course express some kind of disappointment ... saying that we expected more from them," a news agency quoted Narayanan as saying.
He said he was sure the visiting Foreign Minister will have his own explanation on the issue.
China quietly opposed the waiver on the first day of the meeting. With the group of six countries managing to put up an impressive opposition to the waiver, China was quick to jump on to the naysayers bandwagon which included Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway and Austria.
Pointing out that Chinese President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao had told Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh that they would never be a part of the problem and never create difficulties for India, Narayanan said: "We were a little surprised about China. The opposition is not ideological like the group of six countries that have a long non proliferation roots."
Narayanan said: "We are not a one issue government and just because China did not support India, we are not going to have problems with them."
"We cannot choose our neighbours. We have China and Pakistan as neighbours and with both of them we desire to have the best of relations," he added.
Though India has had problems with China in many ways, the bilateral relations have vastly improved in the last few years, the NSA maintained.
The intense US pressure and last minute contact at the highest political level is said to have stopped Beijing from blocking the waiver.
Recently an editorial in the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, the People's Daily, said the deal posed a "major blow" to international nonproliferation.
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Penjo 09-08-08, 06:30 AM |
Slimy Dragon makes a failed jackal move
China like a jackal wanted to shrewdly and quietly oppose the deal despite conveying to New Delhi it would not. Despite it’s cheap move, it could not stop the deal going through. When will China learn to stop making a fool of itself?
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anemone 09-07-08, 11:27 AM |
India disappointed at Chinese stand
why does china need pakistan to do its dirty job in India- keeping a dirty traitor’s image behind a facade of friendship- shame on china
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waltky 09-08-08, 01:46 AM |
China talkin' outta both sides of its mouth...
:rolleyes:
'N-deal may trigger arms race in Asia'
7 Sep 2008, As China closely follows the implications of Indo-US nuclear deal, it has expressed fears that the NSG decision might lead to an arms race in Asia.
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Chinese experts on international affairs are calling for creation of a mechanism for India and China to discuss issues relating to nuclear non-proliferation on a regular basis. Beijing is worried that Saturday’s decision of the Nuclear Suppliers Group might lead to an arms race with Pakistan and also impact the border negotiations between India and China. “China and India should initiate a process of regular dialogue to make implement the principals of nuclear non-proliferation in Asia," Ma Jiali, research professor at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, told TNN after the crucial NSG decision.
With Indian officials bitterly complaining about China’s resistance to India’s case at the NSG meeting, New Delhi is not likely to be enthusiastic about such a suggestion. But Chinese officials believe India will have to send out the necessary signals to reassure the world community that it was walk the extra mile to avoid a nuclear arms race in Asia. M.K. Narayanan, the National Security Advisor, has emerged as a major critic of the manner in which the Chinese officials behaved during the crucial NSG meeting. He also happens to be India’s special envoy involved in border talks with Chinese officials. It is likely that India’s unhappiness over China’s attitude will spill over to the border talks.
“I hope the Indian leaders and the Indian people realise that China sincerely wants to improve relations between the two countries," Ma said. Another government expert, who did not wish to be quoted, said the Chinese leadership was under strong pressure from a section of the Communist Party and the military brass to fight India’s case tooth and nail. “There are hawks in every country and it is not always easy to win them over." he said.
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Now, China wants N-deal for Pak?
7 Sep 2008, China made the case for Pakistan in a veiled statement, saying it hoped the NSG would equally address the aspirations of all parties.
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The Chinese government on Saturday not only nearly toppled India’s Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) bid in Vienna, but went a step further by advocating a similar nuclear deal for Pakistan.
China made the case for Pakistan in a veiled statement, saying it hoped the NSG would âequally address the aspirations of all parties.â A number of analysts have taken the phrase âof all partiesâ to mean a reference to its ally Pakistan.
Chinese Foreign Minister, Cheng Jingye, head of Chinese delegation scheduled to visit on Sunday said, âIt is also China’s hope that the NSG would equally address the aspirations of all parties for the peaceful use of nuclear power while adhering to the nuclear non-proliferation mechanism.â
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