Russia Seeking Fewer Restrictions on Nuclear Transfers to India

Russian Atomic Energy Minister Alexander Rumyantsev has said that he will ask U.S. officials to agree to ease international rules restricting the transfer of nuclear technology to India, the Hindu reported today (see GSN, June 4).

Trade restrictions created by the 40-member Nuclear Suppliers Group have limited India’s ability to import nuclear technology, according to the Hindu. Rumyantsev said that such restrictions should be eased because India indigenously developed its nuclear program and because of its nuclear nonproliferation record.

“There is a pressing need to review the guidelines of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and work out a special arrangement for India to allow it to cooperate with other countries in the nuclear field,” Rumyantsev said (Vladimir Radyuhin, The Hindu, Nov. 3).

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