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India, Canada clinch civil nuclear deal

Port of Spain: India and Canada have reached a landmark agreement on civil nuclear cooperation after months of hectic negotiations, paving the way for supply of Canadian atomic technology, equipment and uranium to India after a gap of 34 years.

The negotiations on the deal were concluded at a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper here on the margins of Commonwealth summit, with the two leaders describing the development as a “milestone” opening up “tremendous opportunity” for their countries.

“The civil nuclear agreement is a very important step forward, a milestone for the development of our relationship,” Dr. Singh said.

Canada, the world’s largest producer of uranium, is the eighth country to have reached a civil nuclear agreement with India since the Nuclear Suppliers Group lifted the 34-year-old ban on India to join the global nuclear trade in September last year.— PTI

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