Indian PM faces most unexpected opposition to India-US nuclear talks between him and US President George Bush in G8
Balaji Reddy
Jun. 28, 2008

While all attentions are put towards the so called ‘absurd’ opposition from the Indian Left parties, PM Manmohan Singh now faces a strange and most unexpected opposition to his talks on India –US nuclear deal with the US President George Bush.

The G8 in early July will be hosted by Japan. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Japanese hosts at next month’s G8 summit in Hokkaido suddenly find themselves confronted with a perplexing diplomatic dilemma. They do not want any discussions on the nuclear deal happening between Prime Minister Singh and President George W. Bush on Japanese soil, Japan is embarrassed to even talk about it to either the Indian or the Americans. They wonder how they can stop the two from talking to each other on a specific topic that put Japanese interests in Indian market in jeopardy with the next NDA coalition government in India.

Japan is very sensitive to the nuclear issue. It is the only nation subjected to atomic devastation — the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 by the Americans. Japan has stuck to a 1971 parliamentary resolution that states that she shall “never manufacture, possess, nor allow the introduction of nuclear weapons into its territory”.

Japan will make a case that in its soil it does want Indian and US Governments heads discuss anything nuclear.

In reality, the story is really different. Japan is concerned that neither Republicans in IS and Congress Party in India will be able to retain their respective powers in November December elections in both the countries. Japan is concerned about the open access to Indian consumers. Allowing defiant PM Manmohan Singh talk on issues that is opposed by most Indians and the main opposition party will jeopardize Japan’s free access to sell its cars, electronic in India.

They will soon make an appeal that India and US do not discuss nuke deal in Japanese soil. PM Manmohan Singh wanted to deliver the deal to US President George Bush. He wanted to look good. But now he cannot do so because of Japanese opposition.

Indian PM faces most unexpected opposition to India-US nuclear talks between him and US President George Bush in G8
Balaji Reddy
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