Defying the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), China has been selling nuclear reactors to Pakistan. WASHINGTON: China continues to sell nuclear reactors to Pakistan, a US think-tank has said, expressing concern over export of nuclear materials in violation of international norms and established procedures. “China has taken significant steps over the past several years to strengthen its export controls. However, Beijing’s decision to continue... 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Tashkent on Thursday. China’s great wall appeared to be crumbling before Indian diplomacy on Thursday. Beijing was left isolated as every other government of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) spoke at the opening of the Seoul plenary in favour of accepting India into the elite international nuclear technology club. At the end of the first tense session of... 

Xi and Modi to meet in Tashkent. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping set to meet in Tashkent on Thursday afternoon, the US and France are leaning on the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) members to arrive at a “positive decision”. The expert-level sessions in Seoul over the last two days are learnt to have discussed the membership issue before the two-day plenary session beginning on Thursday. It is learnt... 

China virtually ruled out on Wednesday the possibility of India’s accession to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) at the meeting of the bloc in Seoul, reiterating that the inclusion of countries which have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was not on the meeting agenda. Officials had said a day ago that there was “room for discussion” and the “door was still open” for talks on the inclusion of non-NPT countries, triggering... 

Pakistan has a strong case to gain NSG membership on merit, Sartaj Aziz said. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has “successfully” blocked India’s bid to gain membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, prime minister’s advisor on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz today told parliament. Pakistan has a strong case to gain NSG membership on merit and non-discriminatory basis, Mr Aziz said in a statement. “We have been making successful... 

The agony and ecstasy of being a member of the exclusive Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was brought home to India on Monday afternoon when China said that the question of India’s membership was not even on the agenda of the NSG meeting on Thursday and Friday in Seoul. The next 72 hours are crucial. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will extricate himself from the asanas performed with 32,000 others at the International Yoga Day in Chandigarh... 

NEW DELHI: China has said that India’s admission to the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) is not on the agenda of the grouping as it meets this week in Seoul. China has been opposted to India’s membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group. The statement is being seen as a rebuff to India’s effort to join the NSG, especially a day after Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said India’s entry is just a matter of procedure. China... 

Russia President Putin Saint Petersburg: Russia has decided to support India’s bid for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership as President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said that he would raise the matter at a meeting in Seoul. The NSG members meeting are scheduled to begin from June 20. ‘India’s NSG membership bid will be discussed’ Speaking exclusively to India Today, Putin said that he would not only raise the matter  at... 

Delhi: Chinese media said on Thursday that China could support India’s bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) if it promises to comply with non-proliferation rules. An opinion piece in the nationalistic ‘Global Times’ said that the “reason why India has scored a big win in garnering support for its NSG membership from some countries is because Washington has started to treat New Delhi as part of the US alliance…... 

Happy birthday: Narendra Modi wishes China’s Xi Jinping amid NSG deadlock New Delhi: Despite the fact that China vehemently opposed India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers  Group (NSG), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, with the utmost humility, extended birthday  wishes to Chinese President Xi Jinping who turned 63 today. The PM posted the greeting in Mandarin on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of the microblogging website Twitter. “Birthday...