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Indo-US ties go beyond the N-deal, says MEA website |
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As the nuclear deal goes down to the wire awaiting final nod from the US Congress, the Ministry of External Affairs updated its official website to tell people that Indo-US relations went much beyond the much talked about atomic agreement.
The July 18, 2005 Joint Statement signed in Washington by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush is known in India mainly for the 123 civil nuclear cooperation pact being assiduously negotiated between the two countries.
But the 17-page background note titled “Fact sheet on various aspects of Indo-US bilateral relations” on its website (www.mea.gov.in) pointed out that the Joint Statement also included a number of other areas where the two sides have been working closely with each other.
These areas include agriculture, water management, biotechnology, human resource and capacity building, defence, energy, high technology, civil aviation, economy, health and education.
There is no official reason given as to why the background note was put up now. "We wanted to tell people about the various aspects of the Indo-US bilateral relations and that is not limited to the nuclear cooperation," a Ministry official said.
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