'No fresh obligations in the Indo-US N-deal'

New Delhi, July 18: As the Indo-US Nuclear agreement completes one year, India today said it would not accept fresh obligations to the deal nor had there been any.

Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma said ''there are no additional obligations (to the deal) which India has accepted.'' Addressing a joint press conference with Ecuador Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion Mena after their talks here, Mr Sharma said the deal had to be implemented on the basis of reciprocity.

Mr Sharma was asked about the concerns expressed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to US President George Bush during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-8 Summit at St. Petersburg.

He said the Prime Minister had indicated that India would not accept any fresh obligations.

UNI

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