New Delhi: As last minute hitches dogged the passage of the Bill on Indo-US nuclear deal in the Senate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday spoke to President George W Bush and hoped the legislation in its final form would accommodate India's stated concerns.
“During the telephonic conversation, Singh expressed appreciation of Bush's commitment to the passage of the legislation,” Prime Minister's media advisor Sanjaya Baru said.
“Singh hoped that the "Bill in its final form will accommodate India's stated concerns," he added.
Bush has assured India that the parameters laid down in the joint statement of July 18, 2005, the Separation Plan and the March 2 statements in Parliament were the guiding factors in giving final shape to the legislation that the US Congress will adopt.
The US President had also sought to allay apprehensions in India of fresh conditionalities, saying then that there will be no shifting of goalposts.
India has made it known to the US that it cannot take any more commitments, which are not explicitly stated in the earlier statements.
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