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Former US president George W. Bush who had kicked off the vital India - US nuclear deal during his last days of presidency, has mentioned that this deal is in fact is New Delhi's "passport to the world".
Addressing the HT Leadership Summit in Mumbai, Bush mentioned that the nuclear deal was a “historic” one and mentioned that it will pave way for India to acquire energy without any kind of pollution.
"(By signing the deal) the US recognised India's nuclear weapons’ programme. It is India's passport to the world," said Bush.
"In 2006 we signed a historic accord.... India has now the opportunity to get energy without making pollution," said Bush.
The basic framework for the India-US civilian nuclear deal had been put forward in July 18, 2005 jointly by George Bush and Manmohan Singh. This deal ensured that India segregated the civil and military nuclear facilities and placed all its civil nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, in return for which US showed its willingness to provide complete cooperation for the civil nuclear programmes.
