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Last-minute lobbying for n-deal
P. S. Suryanarayana
SINGAPORE: In what turned out to be last-minute lobbying, India on Thursday “reinforced” its “request” for support from Thailand, member of the Board of International Atomic Energy Agency, for the New Delhi-specific safeguards agreement.
Special Envoy of the Indian Government and Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs, N. Ravi, called on the new Thai Foreign Minister, Tej Bunnag, in Bangkok. A letter to Thai Prime Minister Samak Sunderavej from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was handed over at this meeting, which, officials said, was held in a positive atmosphere.
Mr. Ravi had, earlier in the week, travelled to Seoul and Manila. In Seoul, he called on Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and handed over a letter addressed to President Lee Myung-bak. South Korea is in the Nuclear Suppliers Group, while the Philippines is an IAEA Board member for 2007-2008. India’s civil nuclear energy needs and its non-proliferation credentials are understood to have figured in these discussions.
Before arriving in Seoul, Mr. Ravi visited Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan on a similar mission.
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