US ambassador meets Yashwant Sinha and Jaswant Shgh...

Pursuing efforts to garner BJP's support for the nuclear deal, US Ambassador David Mulford on Monday met senior leaders Yashwant Sinha and Jaswant Singh to assuage their concerns with regard to the agreement.

During the separate meetings, Mulford discussed details of the 123 agreement and the Hyde Act, particularly the clauses which BJP says will have an impact on India's foreign and strategic policies.

The US envoy is understood to have sought to allay concerns of the former External Affairs Ministers and convince them that India's interests would not be hurt.
Sinha said the meeting with Mulford was meant for an exchange of views on the nuclear issue but did not elaborate.

Mulford refused to comment. The meetings came a day after Sinha ruled out BJP's support unless the Hyde Act and 123 agreement were changed, removing elements that are "unacceptable" to his party.

On the saffron party's demand for Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Sinha said, "any decision in this regard will have to be taken by the party's parliamentary board after Parliament is convened."

Courtesy:timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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