We will go to IAEA very soon: Manmohan

  • 06/07/2008

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

K. Venugopal "Once we decide, the U.S. will have to fulfil its promises' Sapporo (JAPAN): Hinting that the government was ready to take the next step on the nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that he expects to rally international support from countries, including China and Australia, when he meets their leaders separately on the margins of the G8 summit at Toyako on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido over the next two days. "Once we take the decision to go to the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) for an agreement, the United States will have to fulfil its promises. There is the July 2005 statement in which the U.S. has publicly stated they will help us to get through the IAEA and the NSG (Nuclear Suppliers Group). I hope they will do their work,' he said. While he declined to indicate a timeline for taking the agreement to the IAEA