Indian former diplomat agrees that Australia’s uranium would further India’s nuclear weapons
Selling uranium to India ‘would lead to military use‘ http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1761076/Selling-uranium-to-India-would-lead-to-military-us Selling uranium to India ‘would lead to military use’ A former diplomat has admitted the sale of Australian uranium to India would free up that country’s domestic reserves for military purposes.29 APR 2013, SOURCE: KAREN ASHFORD, SBS
A former diplomat has admitted the sale of Australian uranium to India would free up that country’s domestic reserves for military purposes.
For 30 years Australian banned uranium sales to India because of its failure to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, but negotiations are now underway on a uranium deal with a safeguards agreement.
“This issue has held to ransom Australia’s relationship and the economic interests with the world’s largest democracy for 40 years,” said Former Australian Deputy High Commissioner to India Rakesh Ahuja. But the energy strategist has admitted Australian uranium would free up India’s reserves for military use.
“That has always been the case, yes, I mean we sell to China, it frees up their domestic [use] for [military purposes], yes, it’s a fact of life,” he said….. the Greens warn of the consequences.
“India is a nuclear weapons’ state. They are on the record as saying they’re trying to buy foreign sources of uranium so they can lock up their domestic reserves for a nuclear arms race with Pakistan, so it’s a very volatile and dangerous security situation into
which to be selling uranium,” said Australian Greens senator Scott Ludlam.
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