India, US extend nuclear energy partnership by 10 more years
WASHINGTON : India and the United States have extended the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on nuclear energy for 10 more years.
According to a joint statement issued on Tuesday, “Marking the tenth year of cooperation between the United States and India at the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) and the signing of the extension, for an additional ten years, to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of India Concerning Cooperation with the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership, India, signed at New Delhi on November 7, 2010 (the GCNEP MOU).”
The joint statement also recognizing India’s important commitment in 2010 to establish the GCNEP with a vision to promote safe, secure, and sustainable nuclear energy for the service of mankind through global partnership.
