Vice President Dick Cheney cautioned against any change in the agreement or delay in Washington's approval of Nuclear deal with India
Media Release
Jun. 23, 2006

As the "mark up" or the fine-tuning of the legislation in US Congress to implement the Indo-US civil nuclear deal begins later this month, Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday cautioned against any change in the agreement or delay in Washington's approval of it.

"...Given this agreement's strategic importance, we must be sure that amendments or delays on the US Side do not risk wasting this critical opportunity," he said in an address to the United States India Business Council (USIBC) celebrating its 31st Anniversary Leadership Summit in Washington.

The Indo-US civil nuclear deal symbolises the "great potential" of the bilateral ties and is in the interests of the two countries economically, environmentally and from the point of view of national security, he said.

"We hope Congress will move quickly to enact legislation that enables our two nations to move forward on this important agreement without delay... Our strategic partnership with India gives rise to a broad and ambitious agenda, and that's the way it should be for the two great nations in a time of challenge," he said.

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