Common Contracts
1 similar India-Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement contracts
pIYUSH GHASIYAIndia-Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement • August 8th, 2018
On November 11, 2016, Indian Prime minister (Pm) Narendra modi and his Japanese counterpart shinzo Abe signed the India-Japan civil nuclear cooperation agreement in tokyo. Eight months after the signing of the deal, on July 20, 2017, the civil nuclear cooperation agreement came into force. This agreement was historic as India became the first nuclear Non- Proliferation treaty (NPt) non signatory state to sign such an agreement with Japan. this agreement with Japan not only promises to help India in getting advanced Japanese nuclear power technology but also increases India’s stature as a responsible nuclear power state. the talks on India- Japan civil nuclear cooperation were initiated under the leadership of former Pm manmohan singh in 2010. However, the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and India’s non-NPt status created roadblocks for the talks to move further quickly. Finally, after seven long years and numerous discussions, the agreement was signed. Japan became the 14th country to
