India’s bid for membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will be the centre-stage again this week as the group meets for the Consultative Group technical meeting on September 9-10.
●    The government hopes its application will be considered again, five months after the last unsuccessful round.
●    A flurry of diplomatic activity since then has focused on all the countries, including China, that didn’t back India’s bid.
●    Amandeep Singh Gill, joint secretary (Disarmament), travelled to Dublin to soften Ireland’s position, and also met with Chinese nuclear negotiator Wang Qun in Beijing on October 31. Other contacts have been made by Ministry of External Affairs officials and missions abroad in the 48 member countries of the NSG.
●    However,China made it clear that its position hasn’t changed.
●    This Friday, in Vienna, a plenary session of the NSG will be held. 
 

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