Deal Reported for India to Sign Nuclear Test Ban
India has offered to sign a nuclear test-ban treaty in return for the lifting of economic sanctions imposed last year after it held nuclear tests, U.S. and Indian officials said Monday.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, stopped short of declaring a breakthrough in eight months of negotiations.
India’s offer came as rival Pakistan said it was willing to talk about its nuclear program with a U.S. envoy.
The U.S. official said India’s signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the lifting of sanctions could take place by midyear.
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