08-18-2007, 05:52 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>US rules out renegotiation of 123 Agreement </b>
PTI | New Delhi
The US has ruled out renegotiation of the civil nuclear deal with India amid demands here that the agreement be worked out afresh.
"We cannot renegotiate it because the (123) agreement is done. Neither Government wishes it to be renegotiated because it is now complete," US Under Secretary Nicholas Burns told Outlook magazine in an interview.
Asked how the differences between Hyde Act and 123 Agreement would be reconciled on the issue of reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, Burns said,<b> "I am absolutely confident that the 123 Agreement conforms (to Hyde Act) in all ways."</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
PTI | New Delhi
The US has ruled out renegotiation of the civil nuclear deal with India amid demands here that the agreement be worked out afresh.
"We cannot renegotiate it because the (123) agreement is done. Neither Government wishes it to be renegotiated because it is now complete," US Under Secretary Nicholas Burns told Outlook magazine in an interview.
Asked how the differences between Hyde Act and 123 Agreement would be reconciled on the issue of reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, Burns said,<b> "I am absolutely confident that the 123 Agreement conforms (to Hyde Act) in all ways."</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->