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- China has stated that the issue regarding India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group(NSG) was not on the agenda of the plenary of the NSG that concluded in Nur-Sultan formerly known as Astana,Kazakhstan.
- China has been firm on its stand that only those countries which have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT) should be allowed to enter the organisation.
- China has been objecting over the issue ever since India applied for the membership of the NSG in May 2016.
- India and Pakistan are not signatories of the NPT.After India’s application ,Pakistan too has applied for the NSG membership in 2016.
- China had earlier called for a two-step plan to admit countries like India (a)first NSG members arrive at a set of principles for the entry of non-NPT states and (b)then move forward discussions of specific cases.
- The NPT is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology to foster the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of disarmament.
- Nuclear-weapon states parties under the NPT are defined as those that manufactured and exploded a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device before January 1,1967.
- India did not sign it as the treaty was discriminatory.India argued that treaties like NPT were selectively applicable to only non-nuclear powers and legitimized the monopoly of nuclear power by a few.
- NSG is a group of nuclear supplier countries that seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of guidelines for nuclear exports and nuclear-related exports.
- The aim of the NSG is to ensure that nuclear trade for peaceful purposes does not contribute to the proliferation of nuclear weapons.The grouping has 48 participating governments and the European Commission acts as an Observer.
