‘US to look for opportunities to push India’s NSG bid’

Washington, August 27

President Barack Obama believes that the time has come for the NSG to take up the matter of India’s membership and the US will continue to look for opportunities to advance the case, an American official has said.

“We certainly continue to work with our Indian colleagues on the way forward and continue to work with other members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group,” a senior State Department Official told a group of reporters from South Asia ahead of the India visit of Secretary of State John Kerry.

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The official said Obama had been very clear and definitive that India had met the requirements for membership in the NSG.

“He believes the time has come for the NSG to take up the case of India’s membership,” the senior State Department official said.

“While I do not have anything to add to that, I think we continue to look for opportunities to advance the case,” the official said. PTI