At that time, India had publicly blamed “ one country”, i.e. The consultative group will convene for two days on November 11-12, less than five months after the NSG plenary failed to reach a consensus. Argentina’s ambassador Austria and permanent representative to IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi will be “sounding out” NSG members about his discussions with various countries to find a way out of the impasse, sources said. The meeting took place only 10 days ahead of senior officials from the NSG countries getting together in Vienna. On Monday, the two sides had met in Beijing, following which the Chinese foreign ministry described them as “constructive and substantive”.Īt their daily briefing on Tuesday, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson reiterated Beijing’s ‘two-step’ approach – draft a “non-discriminatory” criteria for non-NPT signatories and then take up specific applications.
Indian sources admit that after two rounds of talks between the director general-level officials of India and China, Beijing has “not budged an inch” from its position. New Delhi: With still at least three countries continuing to insist on drawing up a general criteria for non-NPT entrants, next week’s meeting of officials from Nuclear Suppliers Group member countries in Vienna is not expected to allow India into the group immediately, but would only provide another occasion for general stock-taking of the mood in the cartel.
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