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Source: India. Ministry of External Affairs
India and Russia, reaffirm the importance of their strategic partnership which serves their national interests, strengthens bilateral relations and contributes to international peace and security and highlight the importance of mutually beneficial cooperation and shared objectives in the field of nuclear energy.
India and Russia, as states possessing advanced nuclear technologies, recognize that nuclear energy provides a safe, environmental friendly and sustainable source of energy. They underline the need to further develop international cooperation in promoting the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes in accordance with their respective international commitments and national legislations. They believe that nuclear energy will provide an indispensable source of energy to future generations.
India and Russia as responsible states share an objective of ensuring non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery including possible linkages with terrorism.
India and Russia resolve to further emphasize their willingness to expand and strengthen their scientific and other exchanges and bilateral dialogue on peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
India and Russia note with satisfaction their ongoing cooperation in construction of nuclear power plants at Kudankulam. India and Russia reaffirm their commitment to work together to expand civil nuclear energy cooperation, with a special emphasis on nuclear power generation aimed at enabling India to realize its goals of promoting nuclear power and achieving energy security in a self sustaining manner.
With the objective to implement these intentions, an agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Russian Federation will be signed on cooperation in the construction of 4 additional power units at Kudankulam. (This understanding was reflected in the Memorandum of Intent dated 25.01.2007.)
India undertakes that the reactor facilities and nuclear fuel supplied by Russia shall remain under the IAEA safeguards during the entire period of their actual use in accordance with the agreement on safeguards, which shall be concluded between the Republic of India and the IAEA. It will also inter alia take into account measures relating to physical protection and other issues as may be mutually agreed.
Russia will continue to work with the Participating Governments of NSG in order to create conditions through amendment to its guidelines to facilitate expansion of civilian nuclear energy cooperation with India.
India and Russia recognize the importance of R&D for development of innovative technologies which reduce the risk of nuclear proliferation to further facilitate the wide scale development of nuclear energy. International project for nuclear reactors and fuel cycles (INPRO) which is being implemented under the aegis of IAEA with the participation of India and Russia is an example of productive international cooperation.
India and Russia express their willingness to further expand and strengthen their bilateral civilian nuclear energy cooperation by broadbasing cooperation covering both power (fission and fusion energy) and non-power applications in areas of mutual interest to be identified by both sides.
The Department of Atomic Energy, India and the Federal Atomic Energy Agency, the Russian Federation will work out in 2007 a comprehensive programme of cooperation in the field of peaceful uses of atomic energy between India and Russia.
New Delhi
25 January 2007
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