India`s NSG not on Seoul agenda |
China said differences remain among NSG members over the inclusion of new countries and the issue was not even on the agenda of the grouping`s meeting in Seoul this week. Incidentally, only a day before India`s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj asserted that Beijing was not opposing India`s entry. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said India`s admission into NSG is not on the agenda of the Seoul meeting of the 48-member elite club to be held on June 24. She understands that non-NPT countries are concerned about their entry into the NSG. But since NSG is still divided about the issue, so it is still not mature to talk about the entry issue in the annual conference in Seoul. The NSG agenda has never covered any issue concerning the non-NPT countries joining the NSG. Her remarks came even as Swaraj yesterday said India was confident of getting NSG membership this year.
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