Russia and India agree on nuclear cooperation
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December 8, 2009, Tuesday
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RUSSIA may build up to 20 reactors at three sites in India, news agencies yesterday quoted the country's nuclear energy chief Sergei Kiriyenko as saying.
And at a joint news conference with visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmoham Singh, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev said: "Nuclear cooperation between the Russian Federation and India in my view has a very big, a very good future."
Singh said he was "most satisfied" with the talks, which he called "a major step forward."
Medvedev yesterday also urged greater control over nuclear arms, warning that radical elements could threaten neighbors and use the weapons to spark large-scale conflict.
At the news conference, Medvedev indicated that Russia was interested in strict control over nuclear weapons "so that they aren't taken hostage by any kind of radicals; so that they won't be used to start any kind of conflict or even threaten neighbors."
He added: "This touches on all countries. This touches, of course, upon the Iranian nuclear program," and that of other states.
India is a top Russian arms client, recently securing production licenses for T-90 tanks and contracts to provide Russian aircraft with BrahMos missiles. The countries are building a supersonic fighter, equivalent to the United States Raptor stealth fighter.
Russia has until recently been hesitant in showing support for new US-led sanctions against Iran in response to its defiance of an enrichment ban. But Tehran's intentions announced at the end of November to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants appeared to have tipped the balance in Moscow in favor of tougher trade punishment.
"I'll say it openly: Moscow has no interest in expanding the nuclear club," Medvedev said.
Singh is in Moscow on a three-day visit to strike defense and energy deals worth several billion dollars.
And at a joint news conference with visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmoham Singh, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev said: "Nuclear cooperation between the Russian Federation and India in my view has a very big, a very good future."
Singh said he was "most satisfied" with the talks, which he called "a major step forward."
Medvedev yesterday also urged greater control over nuclear arms, warning that radical elements could threaten neighbors and use the weapons to spark large-scale conflict.
At the news conference, Medvedev indicated that Russia was interested in strict control over nuclear weapons "so that they aren't taken hostage by any kind of radicals; so that they won't be used to start any kind of conflict or even threaten neighbors."
He added: "This touches on all countries. This touches, of course, upon the Iranian nuclear program," and that of other states.
India is a top Russian arms client, recently securing production licenses for T-90 tanks and contracts to provide Russian aircraft with BrahMos missiles. The countries are building a supersonic fighter, equivalent to the United States Raptor stealth fighter.
Russia has until recently been hesitant in showing support for new US-led sanctions against Iran in response to its defiance of an enrichment ban. But Tehran's intentions announced at the end of November to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants appeared to have tipped the balance in Moscow in favor of tougher trade punishment.
"I'll say it openly: Moscow has no interest in expanding the nuclear club," Medvedev said.
Singh is in Moscow on a three-day visit to strike defense and energy deals worth several billion dollars.
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