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06-25-2016, 05:01 AM
ISLAMABAD: India’s hopes for securing a seat in the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) were dashed against the Great Wall of China on Friday in Seoul despite getting unwavering support from the US and its allies.
China and Turkey stood by Pakistan thwarting the Indian designs. Highly-placed sources told The News on Friday that those criticising Pakistan’s foreign policy and praising Indian Prime Minister Modi for his futile efforts should **w observe ‘silence.’
Turkey was the lone country that kept raising its voice for the membership of Pakistan and India simultaneously.The Indian media quoting sources has reminded that China had agreed to a discussion on the Indian membership application on Thursday night subject to ** decision making. But the India specific bid could **t be discussed, as the question of technical consequence of inclusion of **n-NPT members overshadowed the deliberations.
And Beijing did **t stand isolated in the negotiation room. Rather the issue of procedure and criterion became a rallying point for countries like Austria, New Zealand and Ireland.
Brazil, which had supported India’s bid in the plenary and praised its nuclear **n-proliferation record, stressed a ‘**n-discriminatory criterion based process.’
Turkey sought flexibility for Pakistan’s possible entry in future to the group. And despite Prime Minister Modi’s stopover in Switzerland en route to the US in early June and an apparent support, the Swiss too stood in support of the NPT.
Interestingly, the Indians then claimed that Modi had won over the Swiss but it turned out to be a false claim. Pakistan’s condemnation of **rth Korea’s missile testing proved to be the ‘masterpiece foreign policy stroke just a day ahead of Seoul meeting.
In fact, global nuclear proliferation, clandestine **rth Korean nuclear programmes and dirty bombs dominated the plenary agenda chaired by South Korea.Apprehensions were expressed that giving a green light to **n-NPT countries would dilute the global **n-proliferation efforts. The mood against inclusion of **n-NPT members was well laid out in the NSG statement.
“Participating governments reiterated their firm support for the full, complete and effective implementation of the NPT as the cornerstone of the international **n-proliferation regime,” the statement read.Responding to the NSG statement, the Indian Foreign Ministry cited the 2008 NSG waiver to justify its application.
“Paragraph 1(a) of the September 2008 decision states that the decision on India contributes to the widest possible implementation of the provisions and objectives of the Treaty on the **n-Proliferation of Nuclear *******,” said Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup.
There is thus ** contradiction between the NPT and India’s closer engagement with the NSG. Only five countries that acquired nuclear ******* before 1970 were accorded the Nuclear ******* State status in 1974.
India, Pakistan, Israel and South Sudan remain the only four UN member states that have **t signed the NPT, which has 190 signatories today. **rth Korea had walked out of the NPT after signing it.
India considers its nuclear ******* programme as a necessary minimum deterrent from regional nuclear threats including the Chinese arsenal and Pakistani nuclear arms. Earlier, speaking to the Mail Today in Seoul, Ambassasor Wang Qun, Arms Control Division Director General at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing claimed “dozens of countries shared China’s concerns at the meeting.”
He also added that at current only memberships of NPT signatory countries like Namibia that have expressed a desire to join, are under consideration. And sometime in the future special meetings could be convened for **n-NPT bids.
Contrary to Islamabad’s claims, the Chinese diplomat stressed that it was arguing against the entry of all **n-NPT countries and the procedure was **t just to target India but would even apply to Pakistan.
India in its response reminded, “Our application has acquired immediacy in view of India’s INDC envisaging 40% **n-fossil power generation capacity by 2030. An early positive decision by the NSG would have allowed us to move forward on the Paris Agreement.”
Reuters adds: China maintained its opposition to India joining the NSG seeking to prevent the proliferation of nuclear ******* by controlling access to sensitive tech**logy, said the head of the arms control department in China’s Foreign Ministry.
China said it would **t bend rules and allow India membership, as it had **t signed the nuclear **n-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the main global arms control pact.
“Applicant countries must be signatories of the Treaty on the **n-Proliferation of nuclear ******* (NPT),” Wang Qun, the head of arms control department in China’s Foreign Ministry, was quoted as saying in Seoul on Thursday night.
“This is a pillar, **t something that China set. It is universally recognised by the international community,” Wang said according to a statement released by the Chinese foreign ministry on Friday.
China is leading opposition to a push by the United States to bring India into the NSG, which aims to prevent nuclear ******* proliferation by stopping the sale of items that can be used to make nuclear arms.
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China and Turkey stood by Pakistan thwarting the Indian designs. Highly-placed sources told The News on Friday that those criticising Pakistan’s foreign policy and praising Indian Prime Minister Modi for his futile efforts should **w observe ‘silence.’
Turkey was the lone country that kept raising its voice for the membership of Pakistan and India simultaneously.The Indian media quoting sources has reminded that China had agreed to a discussion on the Indian membership application on Thursday night subject to ** decision making. But the India specific bid could **t be discussed, as the question of technical consequence of inclusion of **n-NPT members overshadowed the deliberations.
And Beijing did **t stand isolated in the negotiation room. Rather the issue of procedure and criterion became a rallying point for countries like Austria, New Zealand and Ireland.
Brazil, which had supported India’s bid in the plenary and praised its nuclear **n-proliferation record, stressed a ‘**n-discriminatory criterion based process.’
Turkey sought flexibility for Pakistan’s possible entry in future to the group. And despite Prime Minister Modi’s stopover in Switzerland en route to the US in early June and an apparent support, the Swiss too stood in support of the NPT.
Interestingly, the Indians then claimed that Modi had won over the Swiss but it turned out to be a false claim. Pakistan’s condemnation of **rth Korea’s missile testing proved to be the ‘masterpiece foreign policy stroke just a day ahead of Seoul meeting.
In fact, global nuclear proliferation, clandestine **rth Korean nuclear programmes and dirty bombs dominated the plenary agenda chaired by South Korea.Apprehensions were expressed that giving a green light to **n-NPT countries would dilute the global **n-proliferation efforts. The mood against inclusion of **n-NPT members was well laid out in the NSG statement.
“Participating governments reiterated their firm support for the full, complete and effective implementation of the NPT as the cornerstone of the international **n-proliferation regime,” the statement read.Responding to the NSG statement, the Indian Foreign Ministry cited the 2008 NSG waiver to justify its application.
“Paragraph 1(a) of the September 2008 decision states that the decision on India contributes to the widest possible implementation of the provisions and objectives of the Treaty on the **n-Proliferation of Nuclear *******,” said Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup.
There is thus ** contradiction between the NPT and India’s closer engagement with the NSG. Only five countries that acquired nuclear ******* before 1970 were accorded the Nuclear ******* State status in 1974.
India, Pakistan, Israel and South Sudan remain the only four UN member states that have **t signed the NPT, which has 190 signatories today. **rth Korea had walked out of the NPT after signing it.
India considers its nuclear ******* programme as a necessary minimum deterrent from regional nuclear threats including the Chinese arsenal and Pakistani nuclear arms. Earlier, speaking to the Mail Today in Seoul, Ambassasor Wang Qun, Arms Control Division Director General at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing claimed “dozens of countries shared China’s concerns at the meeting.”
He also added that at current only memberships of NPT signatory countries like Namibia that have expressed a desire to join, are under consideration. And sometime in the future special meetings could be convened for **n-NPT bids.
Contrary to Islamabad’s claims, the Chinese diplomat stressed that it was arguing against the entry of all **n-NPT countries and the procedure was **t just to target India but would even apply to Pakistan.
India in its response reminded, “Our application has acquired immediacy in view of India’s INDC envisaging 40% **n-fossil power generation capacity by 2030. An early positive decision by the NSG would have allowed us to move forward on the Paris Agreement.”
Reuters adds: China maintained its opposition to India joining the NSG seeking to prevent the proliferation of nuclear ******* by controlling access to sensitive tech**logy, said the head of the arms control department in China’s Foreign Ministry.
China said it would **t bend rules and allow India membership, as it had **t signed the nuclear **n-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the main global arms control pact.
“Applicant countries must be signatories of the Treaty on the **n-Proliferation of nuclear ******* (NPT),” Wang Qun, the head of arms control department in China’s Foreign Ministry, was quoted as saying in Seoul on Thursday night.
“This is a pillar, **t something that China set. It is universally recognised by the international community,” Wang said according to a statement released by the Chinese foreign ministry on Friday.
China is leading opposition to a push by the United States to bring India into the NSG, which aims to prevent nuclear ******* proliferation by stopping the sale of items that can be used to make nuclear arms.
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