New Delhi, November 12: Sticking to its policy of not selling uranium to non-NPT countries, Australia today said it “understands” that India looked forward to power its ambitious civil nuclear energy program with Australian uranium.
“The government understands that India looks to the day when its ambitious civil nuclear energy program can include Australian uranium,” Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said in a speech at the Indian Council of World Affairs here.
On a three-day visit here, Rudd made it clear that its policy on nuclear trade was not directed at India.
“I appreciate that there is one aspect of the energy relationship which remains unresolved: Australia’s long-standing position on the export of uranium to countries that are not party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. This is not a policy directed at India,” he said.
–Agencies