India to participate in nuclear security summit in Korea

New Delhi, Jul 31: India has said that it will participate in the nuclear security initiative summit to be held in South Korea next year, local media reported Sunday, Jul 31.

"The nuclear security initiative conference will be taking place in Korea (next year) and India will participate," Indian President Pratibha Patil was quoted as telling media Saturday on board the special flight from her two-nation visit to South Korea and Mongolia.

Ms. Patil was pleased to note that both in Seoul and Ulaanbaater there was a “clear desire" to “expand and deepen relations with India." In her meetings with the Presidents of the two countries and other leaders she “fully reciprocated these sentiments and indicated that we wanted to take our Strategic Partnership with the Republic of Korea and our Comprehensive Partnership with Mongolia to a higher trajectory."

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