Kevin Rudd refuses to buckle on refusal to sell uranium to India * Matthew Franklin, Chief political correspondent The Australian * November 12, 2009 KEVIN Rudd has made clear he will not buckle on Australia’s refusal to sell uranium to India just hours ahead of a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.The Prime Minister told reporters in the Indian capital this morning that India’s refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty meant Australian would not sell it uranium, even though it had helped the Indian Government obtain materials to support its nuclear program through the Nuclear Suppliers Group – an international grouping of nations supplying nuclear technology and resources which seeks to contribute to non-proliferation……………………
Australia maintains a blanket ban in selling uranium to nations which refuse to sign the NPT Treaty.This morning Mr Rudd said the United States, Australian and other nations had worked together in recent years through the international Nuclear Suppliers Group to ensure India could access “the supply of inputs to its own nuclear program”.
“We also worked in close concert with other nations from around the world, some of whom had profound reservations about that action,” Mr Rudd said.
Kevin Rudd refuses to buckle on refusal to sell uranium to India | The Australian
