This article was published in the IPCS website in October 2005
Labels of Success and Failure are fickle in diplomacy. The Manmohan Singh government has understood this rule of international relations, following its condemnation from all quarters on the stand it took on the Iranian vote in the IAEA Board of Governors. The foreign policy success of the Manmohan Singh Government; namely the nuclear deal that it clinched with the US, is fast becoming a millstone around its neck.
There has been much talk about the significance of the Indian vote and the impact it will have, in terms of nuclear fuel that India will receive from the United States despite possible loss of Iranian fossil resources. However, there has not been much discussion of the resolution which India supported. This resolution passed by the IAEA Board of Governors on 24 September 2005 is a very cleverly worded document. It finds Iran in 'non compliance' with its safeguards obligations under the NPT and expresses an "absence of confidence that Iran's nuclear programme is entirely for peaceful purposes."
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There has been much talk about the significance of the Indian vote and the impact it will have, in terms of nuclear fuel that India will receive from the United States despite possible loss of Iranian fossil resources. However, there has not been much discussion of the resolution which India supported. This resolution passed by the IAEA Board of Governors on 24 September 2005 is a very cleverly worded document. It finds Iran in 'non compliance' with its safeguards obligations under the NPT and expresses an "absence of confidence that Iran's nuclear programme is entirely for peaceful purposes."