India on Thursday asserted that the termination clause in the Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) with Japan was nothing "new" and that New Delhi had made no additional commitments to clinch the deal other than what it had committed itself to while declaring a unilateral moratorium on testing nuclear weapons in 2008. "India appreciates the special sensitivities of Japan on nuclear issues. No change is envisaged from those commitments and no additional commitments have been made by India," Swarup added. He was asked about the termination clause in the Indo- Japan NCA and if India had made any exemptions while inking the deal. "Any suggestion that the termination clause in the NCA is not binding on India is factually incorrect.

Source: dna November 17, 2016 18:47 UTC