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New Delhi: China has denied that it was blocking India’s bid for a membership in elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and said it will “work” with the members of the 48-nation grouping as well as India to find a solution for India’s entry into it.
Liu Zhenmin, China’s Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, also said that the issue needs to be deliberated on among relevant parties.
“That’s not true. I think, the membership of NSG is not a new issue. It has been an issue for many years. This should be sorted out together with the members of the NPT,” Liu Zhenmin said I when asked whether China was blocking India’s entry to the elite club.
“Members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group should be party to NPT. So, I think China will also work with others including Indian colleagues together to find a solution.
“This should be consulted among relevant parties. As a very friendly country, China wants to have good cooperation with India at the international arena on all issues,” the Chinese minister said. He is in Delhi to attend a multi-lateral legal meet.
Earlier this week, China claimed that several members of the group shared its view that signing of the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was an “important” standard for NSG’s expansion.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang in Beijing had said that not only China but also a lot of other NSG members are of the view that NPT is the cornerstone for safeguarding the international nuclear non-proliferation regime. The Chinese action is apparently at the behest of Pakistan, which is also seeking an entry into the bloc.
India is not a party to Nuclear Proliferation Treaty, the international pact aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, maintaining that it was discriminatory.
