Sunday, November 22, 2009

India not worried about US honouring N-deal: PM

Ahead of his meeting with President Barack Obama [ Images ], Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [ Images ] has said India [ Images ] has no worries about US honouring the Indo-US nuclear deal, but would like to get a "positive reaffirmation" of the present administration to carry forward the process.

Singh, who is on his way to Washington from Geneva, said India would like to operationalise the "watershed" agreement and ensure that the objectives for the nuclear deal are realised in full merit.

"We have no worries, but we would like a positive reaffirmation of this administration to carry forward the process," Singh said in an interview to Newsweek magazine, full transcript of which was released by the Ministry of External Affairs on its website.