China, for its part, expressed its readiness to actively participate in the above process within the Group. "On Wednesday,reiterated that it had not supported any specific country's membership issue. But we are willing to have discussions with NSG members on the accession of non-NPT countries. "But this "two-step" process is already under way - the NSG itself has started the process of consultations among countries who wanted a clearer process for induction of non-NPT countries into NSG. Particularly with major countries like China, multilateral issues like NSG membership have a strong bilateral dimension.After the, several countries have asked India to negotiate with China directly, in order to overcome its opposition.

Source: Times of India September 15, 2016 12:27 UTC