India-US frustrated over China for blocking India's NSG bid
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China, a key member of the NSG, has been stridently opposing India's bid primarily on the grounds that New Delhi is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
"There is a meeting coming up shortly on this issue. The US is considering ways it can to support more actively India's membership in the NSG, because it is something that's very important to the US," the White House official told PTI.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, was responding to a series of questions on what steps the Trump administration has taken so far to push India's membership to the NSG, which has been blocked by China.
Its opposition has made India's entry into the 48-member group difficult as the NSG works on the principle of consensus, thus frustrating India.
"There is a meeting coming up shortly on this issue. The US is considering ways it can to support more actively India's membership in the NSG, because it is something that's very important to the US," the White House official told PTI.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, was responding to a series of questions on what steps the Trump administration has taken so far to push India's membership to the NSG, which has been blocked by China.
