US President George W Bush has signed legislation allowing the United States to sell nuclear fuel and technology to India. The bill reverses more than 30 years of US policy banning the export of nuclear technology to India in exchange for international inspections of India's civilian nuclear energy programme.
"This agreement sends a signal to the world: Nations that follow the path of democracy and responsible behavior will find a friend in the United States of America," Bush said at the signing ceremony for the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement.
"What the civil nuclear deal does is that it removes, for India, a barrier to full integration on a whole range of technologies," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
The United States banned nuclear trade with India after it exploded a nuclear device in 1974 and refused to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Mr. Obama said he would increase nonmilitary aid and encourage Pakistani democracy but added that the U.S. must insist that Pakistan "go after these militants."
"And if we have Osama bin Laden in our sights and the Pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then I think that we have to act, and we will take them out," he said.
No wonder, all these political events are pushing Pakistan to make alliance with the world's largest communist country China.
"This agreement sends a signal to the world: Nations that follow the path of democracy and responsible behavior will find a friend in the United States of America," Bush said at the signing ceremony for the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement.
"What the civil nuclear deal does is that it removes, for India, a barrier to full integration on a whole range of technologies," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
The United States banned nuclear trade with India after it exploded a nuclear device in 1974 and refused to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Mr. Obama said he would increase nonmilitary aid and encourage Pakistani democracy but added that the U.S. must insist that Pakistan "go after these militants."
"And if we have Osama bin Laden in our sights and the Pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then I think that we have to act, and we will take them out," he said.
No wonder, all these political events are pushing Pakistan to make alliance with the world's largest communist country China.
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