Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday told U.S. Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton that India was aligned with the internationalcommunity on checking the spread of nuclear weapons but would beguided by its national interests on securing its energy supplies. India's stand on non-proliferation and approach to importing oilwas reiterated during an 80-minute unstructured meeting between Ms.Clinton and Dr. Singh that was described by informed sources as"cordial' during which "a lot of issues werediscussed.' The meeting preceded an address by Ms. Clinton in Kolkata where shedwelt on specific U.S. expectations from India in dealing with theIranian nuclear issue. "The reason why India, China and Japanand European countries are being asked to lower their supplies isto keep the pressure on Iran," she said while commendingJapan for doing so despite last year's tsunami and a shutdown ofits nuclear programme. But during her interaction with Dr. Singh, Ms. Clinton dwelt on the"broader regional and global implications' if the U.S.pressure through sanctions on Iran did not force it to completelyopen up its nuclear programme for inspections. The Indiandelegation was in a listening mode while Ms. Clinton spoke ofattempts by the P5 + 1 grouping to engage with Iran andapprehensions among the neighbours about its recalcitrantbehaviour. The meeting did not see Ms. Clinton seeking a further reduction inIndian purchase of Iranian oil and this task is likely to beentrusted to U.S. Special Envoy for global energy issues CarlosPasqat, who will visit Delhi later this month during a swingthrough the region to convince countries such as India that importa substantial quantity of oil from Iran. The two leaders also discussed how both nations could contribute tosustaining Afghanistan after the 2014 withdrawal of western forces. Ms. Clinton also told the Prime Minister about last week'sU.S.-China strategic dialogue. Under the bilateral rubric, India mentioned the seven indigenouslydesigned nuclear plants it was putting up and reiterated itscommitment to providing civil nuclear business to U.S. companies. In Kolkata, Ms. Clinton expressed her reservations about thelimited nuclear liability legislation: "We have made it clearthat under the legislation that was passed it will be difficult forU.S. companies to participate because we have private companiesthat are in the market place whereas other nuclear companies arebacked up by their governments.' But according to officials privy to the meeting and who will be atdelegation-level talks on Tuesday, Westinghouse is moving aheadwith the project to set up six reactors in Gujarat and a team hadvisited the site. They intend going full steam ahead oncelegislation and rules relating to the liability on suppliers incase of an accident go through the no-objection process inParliament. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as China Advertising Inflatables , Inflatable Christmas Decorations, and more. For more , please visit Combo Jumpers Rentals today!
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