The United States on Friday made it clear that the 'dynamics' of the Indo-US nuclear deal will not change despite the drubbing by Democrats of the Republicans at the recent US Congressional elections, asserting that the Bush administration had the deal on top of its priorities.
"The dynamics of the deal will not change. We want to do it as fast as possible. The US has made it clear that we want t implement it," US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said at a press conference in New Delhi.
Boucher, who arrived in New Delhi on Thursday night for talks with Indian officials, met Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on Friday and held discussions on a wide range of issues, including counter-terrorism, regional instability and neighbourhood besides Indo-US relations.
He said President George Bush was very hopeful that the matter will be taken up in the lame duck session of the Congress that begins on November 13. He said the President was very keen and there was 'very solid support' to Indo-US relations in the Congress.
He, however, said it was hard to predict what would happen in the 'lame duck' session.
Boucher also said that the United States was hopeful that the India-Pakistan Foreign Secretary-level talks