Ahead of the crucial International Atomic Energy Agency meeting, the US on Friday said it was confident of making a very good case before the United Nations atomic watchdog and the Nuclear Suppliers Group for the nuclear deal with India because of New Delhi's impressive non-proliferation record and would expeditiously push the agreement in the Congress.
"The civil nuclear deal is important for the United States, important for India, but also important in helping to advance the nonproliferation framework, the regime in which countries are operating," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters in Perth.
"I think that's why the deal has received the support of Mohamed El Baradei (chief) of the IAEA because India has a very good record on proliferation," Rice said at a joint press meet with Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith who gave