US, India to remove barriers to civil nuclear partnership

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said that the US is completing the process of removing obstacles that have hindered the development of cooperation between the civil nuclear companies of the two countries. 

"United States is now finalising the necessary steps to remove long-standing regulations that have prevented civil nuclear cooperation between India's leading nuclear entities and US companies," Sullivan said in New Delhi, Caliber.Az reports via Russian media. 

He stressed that formal steps will be concluded soon, adding that this will allow to turn the page on past disagreements. Indian companies, which were previously subject to restrictions, will have the opportunity to establish closer ties with the US, its private sector, as well as scholars and technologists. This move will foster enhanced cooperation in the field of civil nuclear energy.

The two countries agreed in 2019 to build six US nuclear power plants in India. The South Asian nation's stringent nuclear compensation laws have previously hurt deals with foreign power plant builders, subsequently deferring India's target to add 20,000 MW of nuclear power from 2020 to 2030.

By Naila Huseynova