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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that India is willing to work towards nuclear disarmament provided it is a universal and non-discriminatory one.
Addressing the defence commanders' conference in New Delhi, he said that the issues related to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation have once again come up.
"We welcome this, because India was a pioneer in the campaign for a nuclear weapons-free world," he added.
But, he felt that any such move should not be applicable only for some countries.
"We, however, have to ensure that discriminatory standards and approaches are not perpetuated. As a responsible nuclear weapons state, we wish to see nuclear disarmament that is global, non-discriminatory and universal in nature," he said.
The United Nations Security Council meeting, which had been held last month, had urged all the nations to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as well as the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, both of which India has not signed as well as implemented. India, in turn has demanded a voluntary, unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing.
Singh reiterated India's position that it was "ready to negotiate a Fissile Materials Cut-off Treaty which is multilateral, non-discriminatory and verifiable".
