| India Defence | |||||||||||||||||
Featured Reports
|
The Indo-France Nuclear Declaration - Full Text2006-02-21 New Delhi: Following is the text of Declaration by India and France on the Development of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes signed here yesterday."India and France, recalling their deep ties of friendship and cooperation and the importance of the Strategic Dialogue established between them in January 1998, recognize that nuclear energy provides a safe, environmental friendly and sustainable source of energy. They underline the need to further develop international cooperation in promoting the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. They believe that nuclear energy will provide an indispensable source of energy to future generations. India and France consider that proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, as well as their means of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security. They share common concerns and objectives in the field of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery including in view of possible linkages with terrorism. India and France recall their past exchanges on civilian nuclear energy. They stress with satisfaction the development, since the creation of the Strategic Dialogue, of a fruitful bilateral dialogue on civil nuclear cooperation and on nuclear safety and, in accordance with their respective international obligations and commitments, the joint projects that are taking place as a result of this dialogue. They recall that the joint statement issued by the President of the Republic of France and the Prime Minister of the Republic of India on 12 September 2005 stated that India and France would work towards the conclusion of a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement. India and France affirm their willingness to further develop their cooperation in the use of nuclear energy exclusively for peaceful purposes under that agreement including in nuclear power generation, with a view to achieving sustainable development. India and France recall the framework of the bilateral working group on Energy established in January 1998, of the France-India Joint Committee for Atomic Energy created by the 16 September 2002 MoU signed between AEC (Atomic Energy Commission), India, and CEA (Commissariat a l Sponsored Links
|
||||||||||||||||
| © 2010 India Defence |
|
||||||||||||||||