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India looks forward to robust cooperation with US in civil nuclear sector | Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Thursday said that India looks forward to early realisation of a robust
India-United States cooperation in civil nuclear sector. It has also enacted a
Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act and has signed the CSC (Convention on Supplementary
Compensation), Ms. Rao informed in a news briefing on US President Barack Obama's
upcoming visit. "We welcome the commencement of the commercial negotiations between
the Indian operators and the US companies, and look forward to an early realisation
of our shared goal of a robust India-US cooperation in the civil nuclear sector,"
said Nirupama Rao in a statement on the upcoming visit of the U.S. President.
The Foreign Secretary said the two governments have worked purposefully to expand
cooperation in trade and investment, science and technology, clean energy, health,
higher education, agriculture etc which are national development priorities for
India. "Bilateral commerce and economic relations have flourished. Trade has also
diversified and encompasses a wide range of products, services and technology,"
she said while adding bilateral trade in goods and in the services sector is largely
balanced. The Foreign Secretary informed that the economic partnership between
the two countries will be one important area of focus. "There are a lot of synergies
between the two countries. The economic relationship is growing well in both directions,"
Ms. Rao stated. She informed that the US Administration under President Obama
has expressed its commitment to strengthen Indo-US bilateral relations further,
building upon the existing level of cooperation in various areas of bilateral
and global engagement. Both Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and President Obama
share the belief that this will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st
century, she stated. Ms. Rao said President Obama's visit would "reflect this
essential continuity in our relationship." "It will be an opportunity to once
again underscore that our shared values of democracy, openness, pluralism and
fundamental freedoms form the bedrock of our strategic partnership. It will be
an opportunity to consolidate our relationship." Nirupama Rao said: "We will see
concrete and significant steps in a wide range of areas that will expand the long
term strategic framework of the relationship in a way that we can create a productive
partnership for the mutual benefit of our two countries and, equally important,
to give substantive content and shape to our global strategic partnership." "We
will discuss ways in which we can further boost our economic ties and realise
the enormous potential of our economic cooperation," she added. The Foreign Secretary
said: "The US Administration under President Obama has expressed its commitment
to strengthen Indo-US bilateral relations further, building upon the existing
level of cooperation in various areas of bilateral and global engagement." "Our
Prime Minister looks forward to continuing his extremely productive dialogue with
President Obama on a range of issues, including the global economic situation;
the threat of terrorism; the challenges in our neighbourhood; and our shared goals
of sustained security, stability and prosperity in Asia," she added. The Foreign
Secretary said, "We look forward to this visit as an important milestone in elevating
our global strategic partnership to a new level."
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