Britain lifts ban on civilian nuclear exports to India
Britain has lifted a ban on exporting sensitive nuclear technology to India for civilian projects, it said Monday, after an international accord to relax rules in September.
Since 2002, Britain has refused all export licence applications for so-called "Trigger List" items to India, Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell said, referring to an agreed list of sensitive technology.
"That policy has now changed and we will now consider on a case-by-case basis licence applications for peaceful use of all items" on the list if they are destined for UN-safeguarded civil nuclear facilities in India, he added.
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