Following is the text of the statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office in response to the Samajwadi Party's appeal to the prime minister to alley apprehensions in Parliament or outside it about the Indo-US nuclear deal .
The National Security Adviser, Mr M K Narayanan, had a meeting with leaders of the Samajwadi Party, Shri Ram Gopal Yadav and Shri Amar Singh, earlier to-day, during which the latter had sought certain clarifications with regard to the civil nuclear cooperation agreement between India and the United States.
Among the main issues raised by Shri Amar Singh were: (i) Whether by entering into this deal, the sovereignty of decision-making in regard to India's foreign policy would be compromised. It was clarified to Shri Amar Singh that the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement did not and would not affect the autonomy of decision-making in regard to foreign affairs in any manner. India had always followed an independent foreign policy. Under no circumstances, would this position undergo a change, the least of all in the context of the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement. Â India has always regarded its strategic autonomy in these matters as sacrosanct.
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The National Security Adviser, Mr M K Narayanan, had a meeting with leaders of the Samajwadi Party, Shri Ram Gopal Yadav and Shri Amar Singh, earlier to-day, during which the latter had sought certain clarifications with regard to the civil nuclear cooperation agreement between India and the United States.
Among the main issues raised by Shri Amar Singh were: (i) Whether by entering into this deal, the sovereignty of decision-making in regard to India's foreign policy would be compromised. It was clarified to Shri Amar Singh that the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement did not and would not affect the autonomy of decision-making in regard to foreign affairs in any manner. India had always followed an independent foreign policy. Under no circumstances, would this position undergo a change, the least of all in the context of the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement. Â India has always regarded its strategic autonomy in these matters as sacrosanct.
Full Story: PMO's reply to Samajwadi Party
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