Indian Double Cross
- From: Javed Iqbal Kaleem <JavedIqbalKaleem@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 08:51:38 -0700 (PDT)
India's double-cross
Having expressed full confidence in India on the issue of nuclear
proliferation with the offer of an atomic energy deal to overcome
this country's energy needs, the US administration clearly had second
thoughts on the matter when its Undersecretary of State, Nicholas
Burns, reportedly announced over the phone to TV channels from
Washington, "We hope that India, as well as all other states --
China, Russia, France, Britain and Japan -- will diminish their
economic relations with Iran.
In the close wake of that US State Department's Deputy Spokesman Tom
Casey said, "India, like any other country in the world, is free to
establish diplomatic relations with whatever countries they want and
the US is not going to be in a position to make those determinations
for others. (However) We have some unique issues in terms of Iran…
(and) hope India would continue, as it has in the past, to support
the broader international community effort to prevent Iran from
developing a nuclear weapon."
This appears to be a pipe-dream.
Although UN Security Council resolution prohibits the export of
nuclear-grade graphite, a Mumbai-based export disregarded the ruling,
and was caught a customs officer and issued a show-cause notice by
the customs department for the alleged violation of the Customs Act
and the foreign trade policy.
The export consignment of Nickunj Eximp Enterprises, containing 1,150
kg of graphite, was stopped at on its way to Ward Commercial Company,
a private firm in Tehran and subsequently the Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre confirmed that it was nuclear-grade graphite. Yet another
consignment of graphite of Nickunj Eximp headed for Dubai was stopped
after the ACC action.
The graphite was reportedly procured from local dealers and reported
to have been imported at Rs 50 per kg from China and exported to Iran
at Rs 2,000 a kg, despite the law prohibiting export to or import
from Iran of nuclear-grade graphite. This would indicate that the
authorities delegated to prevent such transgressions are either
incapable of implementing the law, or have been instructed to ignore
them: a reflection corroborated when the Nickunj Eximp director,
Nickunj Shah, said he had been unaware of the commerce ministry's
notification listing goods banned from being exported to Iran.
Pertinently, the company sells explosive and narcotic detectors to
police agencies and the Indian army.
Javed Iqbal Kaleem
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