China and Pakistan have held their first official-level dialogue discussing the latter's aspirations to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), signalling that India's path to membership may remain far from straightforward.
PAKISTAN NOW JOINS NSG LINE
Barely nine days after China sent its top nuclear negotiator Wang Qun to Delhi, his deputy in the Disarmament Department Li Yang was dispatched to Islamabad for talks on September 22.
The September-13 talks in Delhi were seen as a sign of Beijing's willingness to finally bilaterally engage with India on the issue of its entry into 48-member grouping.
CHINA SHARED DETAILS WITH INDIA
Beijing had stymied India's entry at the NSG's plenary in Seoul, insisting that the grouping first needed to agree on criteria for entry of all non-NPT countries before discussing India's specific case.
China said after the Delhi talks, on the question of non-NPT states participation in the NSG, given that it is an issue of major concern to India, China, for its part, shared with India the recent developments as it sees within the Group in relation to the question.
China also shared with India its principled positions and views on the above question.
In the meantime, China listened to and had the inputs from India on this issue, and indicated that it will bring such views and inputs back to the Group for its consideration.
CHINA STALLED INDIA TO SEE PAK REACTION
Beijing issued a near-identical statement after the Islamabad dialogue, saying: "On the question of non-NPT states' participation in the NSG, given that it is an issue of concern to Pakistan, China, for its part, shared with Pakistan the recent developments as it sees within the Group in relation to the question.
Some analysts had suggested that Beijing's stance to stall India's entry was because it was keen to draw equivalence between India's and Pakistan's aspirations for the group by insisting on criteria for all non-NPT states.
Its dialogue last week in Islamabad is likely to confirm those suggestions.
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