Will Overcome Chinese Hurdle Eventually, Says US, On India’s NSG Membership

A day after China came out strongly against the Obama administration regarding India’s membership bid to the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, outgoing US envoy Richard Verma today exuded confidence that the Donald Trump government would be able to overcome the Chinese hurdle.

Mr Verma said President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and a lot of other people had worked in pushing India’s membership to the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group and that the United States will continue to work on it.

China had said yesterday that admission of non-NPT signatories in NSG cannot be a “farewell gift” for countries to give to each other. The Chinese reaction had come after the Obama administration asserted that Beijing was an “outlier” in the efforts to make India a member of the elite nuclear club.