Mumbai: Reforms in UN Security Council,
counter-terrorism efforts and nuclear disarmament will top the
agenda of Tuesday's summit meeting between Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Yukio Hatoyama.
However, there would be no deal on civilian nuclear
cooperation between the two nations.
The two leaders would also discuss a variety of strategic
issues including maritime cooperation and sharing of
intelligence apart from reviewing economic cooperation.
"Japan is the only nation to have suffered a nuclear
attack and we have a very peaceful nuclear policy. Japan does
not possess, produce or allow any nuclear weapons in its
territory. There will not be any deal or agreement on any
nuclear cooperation between us at the summit meeting," Kazuo
Kodama, Press Secretary of the Japanese foreign ministry told
reporters here this evening.
While acknowledging India's "compulsions" in acquiring
nuclear weapons, Kodama said Hatoyama would try to impress
upon Singh the need to ratify Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty (CTBT).
"Both India and Japan are committed to complete
elimination of nuclear weapons and we understand the
compulsions under which India has acquired those. We (Japan)
also welcome India's unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests,
but our overall equations will be more positive, if India
signs the CTBT," he said.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 23:38