Mexico City: As Mexico extended its support to India’s membership to the exclusive
club of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), India’s hopes of entering the group
brightened.
“President Enrique Pena Nieto @EPN says Mexico
supports positively and constructively India’s membership of the NSG,” tweeted
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup. Modi thanked the Mexican
President for the supgport.
The Mexican support comes just in time as the
48-member NSG has called an “extraordinary” plenary meeting on Thursday when it
is expected to take up for review India's application for membership to the
elite club that regulates global nuclear trade. India submitted its application
in early May to become a member. On June 6, Switzerland, an important member of
the NSG, extended support to India's membership in the group during Modi’s
stopover in Geneva.
India also got strong backing from the US for NSG
membership with President Barack Obama extending support during Modi’s visit to
Washington on Tuesday. Both Switzerland and Mexico had earlier expressed strong
reservations on India's application for becoming a member of the elite export
control regime due to India being a non-signatory of the nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). India has already got the support of major NSG
countries, including France, Russia and Britain. China, a major NSG member, is
still holding out, citing that India needs to sign the NPT.
The US has been trying to convince China to support
India’s bid, and US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Beijing to try and get
round China’s reservations on supporting India. India has not signed the NPT on
the ground that it is discriminatory.
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