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India–US Civil Nuclear Agreement and NSG Waiver

In 2008, the IAEA approved an India-specific safeguards arrangement, the Nuclear Suppliers Group granted India a consensus waiver from its nuclear-trade restrictions, and India and the United States formally signed their civil nuclear cooperation agreement. Together these steps ended decades of international nuclear-technology denial for India's civilian nuclear programme.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with US President George W. Bush at the White House on 18 July 2005
Direct image from the 2005 diplomatic breakthrough that launched the civil nuclear initiative; it predates the 2008 NSG waiver. Confirm GODL status on the current Commons page before use. · Credit: Press Information Bureau / Government of India · License: Verify GODL-India on current Commons page

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Sources and further reading

  1. Ministry of External Affairs — Annual Report 2008–09
  2. Ministry of External Affairs — India's Foreign Relations 2008

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