It looks like cooperation in the civilian nuclear energy sector will be on the table when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Washington next month:
Assessing the weekend talks with the visiting US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, officials here described the talks on nuclear cooperation as Âwork in progressÂ.Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy, Environment, Energy, Politics, Technology, Economics
ÂThe declaratory phase on the intent to cooperate on nuclear energy is over, the officials said. But they added that negotiations on the specifics might go right down to the wire.
Singh and Bush are due to meet in Washington on July 18.
Both sides are aware that concrete cooperation in the nuclear energy area is necessary to demonstrate the seriousness of the plans to transform Indo-US relations.
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