Sapporo (Japan)- Despite the Left's decision to withdraw support to the UPA government over the nuclear deal, an unfazed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made it clear today that there was no threat to the stability of his government. In fact, he lobbied hard with leaders of China and South Korea to obtain support for India's case at the IAEA and the Nuclear Suppliers Group. "I do not think it will affect the stability of the government,' said the PM to a question on the latest political development in New Delhi. When prodded on how soon India would approach the IAEA Board with the already negotiated safeguards agreement, Singh replied, "As soon as possible.' Showing no signs of a rethink, Singh raised the issue of supporting India's case at the IAEA and NSG in his second bilateral meeting of the day with Chinese President Hu Jintao who conveyed that Beijing was prepared to cooperate with India on civil nuclear energy. "My impression is that this issue will not be a difficulty with China. The Chinese side has expressed interest in cooperating with India on peaceful uses of nuclear energy,' said Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon later in the day. That Singh's plans at the G8 have so far not been affected by the Left's withdrawal of support was further confirmed by Menon. "Quite frankly, we went through the day as we planned,' he said, adding that no country brought up the domestic political issue at the bilateral meetings. He, however, clarified that India has not settled for any date with the IAEA to hold a board meeting specifically for the India safeguards agreement. The Prime Minister then met South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and again discussed civil nuclear cooperation. Nuclear energy forms 40 per cent of South Korea's energy mix. In all these discussions, Singh made it clear that India would approach the IAEA very soon and that it would require support from friendly countries. The key message from him to NSG members was that New Delhi wants an unconditional clean exemption. Menon said the Indian side has so far been satisfied by the response it has got. "We have no reason to believe that it (support for n-deal) will be a particular difficulty. The number of countries supporting India's case has only increased,' said Menon Tomorrow, the Prime Minister starts his day with the all-important meeting with US President George W Bush which will provide the political thrust to what is being considered the "last lap' in the nuclear deal reached in July 2005. Thereafter, he will hold separate meetings with Russian President Andrei Medvedev, Australian PM Kevin Rudd, Japanese PM Yasuo Fakuda and Canadian PM Stephen Harper. All these countries are critical for not just pushing the nuclear deal in the IAEA and NSG, but also for future cooperation to obtain uranium and reactors. While India is busy stepping up nuclear diplomacy on the sidelines, Japan today took forward the interest shown by the G8 at the last summit to promote civilian nuclear energy as a response to climate change. Tokyo has proposed a "3S