N-deal analysed
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16/07/2008
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Tribune (New Delhi)
Draft reflects PM's pledges to Parliament by Arundhati Ghose With the draft safeguards agreement now with the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agnecy (IAEA), freed from the coils of the domestic politicking of poor losers and even more poorly advised opposition parties, there is a need to stand back and examine not just what the draft contains, but also the possible international reactions to the first multilateral exposure of the Indo-US nuclear deal. There has already been a proliferation of articles, at home, on the mind-numbing details of the safeguards agreement mostly by commentators who have never negotiated any international agreement, and abroad, from the non-proliferation absolutists, shrieking outrage at the "give-away' to India. While the more sober reactions at home, including a detailed Press conference by those who actually negotiated the safeguards agreement, have dealt, quite naturally, with the objections raised by the various groups