India’s Modi leaves for Japan to seal controversial nuclear deal

‘Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on a three-day visit to Japan, where he is due to sign a landmark but controversial nuclear deal with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
The Indian premier left for Tokyo on Thursday to hold the so-called Annual Summit, reviewing the entire spectrum of bilateral cooperation, with Japan, and also to sign a civil nuclear deal with the East Asian country after six years of negotiations.
The deal would allow Japan, a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), to supply nuclear reactors, fuel and technology to India, an NPT non-signatory.’
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