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The TopNews (India), January 24, 2009, Mohit JOSHI, INDIA-KAZAKHSTAN SIGNED NUCLEAR COOPERATION DEAL
India and Kazakhstan on Saturday signed five agreements, including cooperation in the civil nuclear field.
President Pratibha Patil and her Kazakhstan counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev signed on the agreements after a delegation level talk between the two countries.
The Kazakh President had arrived in India last night on a four-day visit.
This is Nazarbayev''s fourth visit to India, who will also be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade this year.
The other agreements signed by the two countries are- a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in space and an agreement on carbo-hydron sector are the other highlights of the enhanced cooperation between the two countries.
An Extradition Treaty between the two sides and a protocol on accession of Kazakhstan to the WTO were also signed after the decisive talks.
After a ceremonial reception Nazarbayev said that Kazakhstan is a major trade partner of India and agreements on oil exploration, delivery of uranium for nuclear power plants and cooperation in IT industry will further strengthen the bilateral relations.
Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the leader of the Opposition L. K. Advani will call on Nazarbayev in the evening. (ANI)
The NewsTrack India (India), January 24, 2009, PRANAB MUKHERJEE TAKES COMMAND, RECEIVES NAZARBAYEV
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee took command of the protocol duties in the absence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is undergoing a bypass surgery.
Mukherjee along with President Pratibha Patil, received Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev at a ceremonial reception in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Pranab informed Nazarbayev of Singh's ill health while receiving him.
After receiving a tri-service guard of honour, the Kazakh Prasident was introduced to the Union Cabinet ministers who were also present at the welcome ceremony.
Nazarbayev is on a four-day visit to India, where he is expected to hold talks on 'civil nuclear agreement' and a few other pacts between the two countries.
The External Affairs Minister will carry out the delegation level talks at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Mukherjee will also preside over the cabinet meetings till the Prime Minister resumes office.
Сайт «Khabrein.info» (India), January 24, 2009, INDIA SIGNS CIVIL NUKE-PACT, EXTRADITION TREATY WITH KAZAKHSTAN
India Saturday signed a civil nuclear pact and an Extradition Treaty with Kazakhstan.
Under the civil nuclear pact, Kazakhstan, a uranium-rich Central Asian country, would supply much-needed fuel to atomic plants in India.
India also signed four other pacts, including an Extradition Treaty, in the presence of Indian President Pratibha Patil and her Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev, reported Indian premier news agency Press Trust of India (PTI).
Kazakhstan will provide uranium and related products under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and KazAtomProm, which was also signed Saturday.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who led the delegation level talks in absence of Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh who underwent a heart bypass surgery Saturday morning, inked the Extradition Treaty with his Kazakh counterpart Marat Tazhin.
Besides, an MoU was also signed between ISRO and Kazakh Space Agency for space cooperation.
All India Radio (Индия), January 23, 2009, INDIA, KAZAKHSTAN LIKELY TO SIGN CIVILIAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
India and Kazakhstan are likely to sign a civilian nuclear agreement during the four-day visit of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev starting from Friday.
Kazakhstan, which is the second largest producer of uranium in the world, has already expressed willingness to sell the nuclear material to India.
Mr Nazarbayev, who will be arriving on Friday evening will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day parade. This will be the first time that a leader from the Central Asian region will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations.
According to the External Affairs Ministry, a number of other agreements are also expected to be signed during the visit.
Mr Nazarbayev will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin and business representatives. This will be the fourth visit of President Nazarbayev to India.
The Great Indian Mutiny (India), January 20, 2009, ссылка скрыта
On January 26, New Delhi will host Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the Republic Day celebrations. India and Kazakhstan first established diplomatic relations following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Nazarbayev made his first official visit to India in 1992, and in 2002, following his second visit to New Delhi, then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee attended the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit in Almaty. At that time, Nazarbayev’s efforts in defusing India-Pakistan tension (emanating from the 2001 Parliament attack) were roundly praised. After the defeat of the NDA in the 2004 general elections, contacts between India and Kazakhstan, at the head of state level, have tapered off, until now.
India’s strategy towards Central Asian countries has been no different than its strategy towards African nations, and can be only summarized as “playing catch-up with the Chinese”. In this new “Great Game” of the century, India is consistently assuming the role of “Johnny-come-lately” to China in Central Asia. Indeed, China already has a fairly robust multi-dimensional relationship with Kazakhstan, as it does with other CIS states, on account of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) membership. Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia and shares borders with Russia, China, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan. President Nazarbayev is a Soviet-era leader who maintains fairly rigid control of the state, despite it being a democracy, by letter of law. Weary of China and Russia’s undue influence in the SCO, Kazakhstan has pitched for a full Indian membership in the council. India’s trade with this bludgeoning economy stands at a paltry $128 million (2007), contrasted against China’s $6 billion (2005) economic engagement with this Central Asian republic. This idle wasting of time is a shame, considering Kazakhstan’s phenomenal economic growth since the 2000s, which includes a staggering average GDP (absolute) growth of 9.5% from 2004-2007.
Kazakhstan’s strategic location along the Caspian Sea is hard to overemphasize. The Caspian Sea has the world’s third largest oil reserves, ссылка скрыта, containing 200 billion barrels of oil, and 236 trillion cubic feet of proven natural gas reserves. Cognizant of the desperate energy situation in India, Oil and Natural Gas Limited (ONGC) is seeking a 40% share in Kazakhstan’s Satpayev oil exploration sector (with Russia’s blessing) in the Caspian, after getting outbid by China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) for the acquisition of the oil company PetroKazakhstan.
However, Nazarbayev’s chief mission in New Delhi will be to ink a deal to export uranium, in the wake of the end of “ссылка скрыта” against India. India’s own uranium reserves stand at about 115,000 tons, most of which is low grade. Kazakhstan is currently the second largest producer of uranium, producing about 12,000 tons (2008); the country is likely to overtake Australia as the single largest producer of uranium by 2011. For India, inking the nuclear deal is a consummation devoutly to be wished. While nuclear energy constitutes only 3% of our total energy production, this figure will likely increase to 25% by 2050, as India seeks to reduce its reliance on “dirty” coal. India has already inked similar deals with Canada and France.
India should also continue to boost cooperation with Kazakhstan on the regional security front. The Kazakhs have expressed a desire to establish a naval fleet to guard its interests in the Caspian. They have looked to India for assistance and we have been happy to oblige, much to the chagrin of Russia.As I will point out in a later article, India’s engagement with Central Asia is going to ruffle feathers in Moscow and put us at odds with Russia; as a country with growing economic and political clout, India must at once expect this to happen, and at the same time not be hindered in our quest to establish new alliances despite the grievances/protests of our old allies. Yet another important dimension of engagement on security should be partnering on intelligence gathering and counter-terrorism issues. Uyghur warriors, many of whom come from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, have been fighting Chinese rule in Xianjing province. Although present on a smaller scale, there is a growing component of Uyghur and Uzbek fighters in Osama bin Laden’s International Islamic Front (IIF) terror umbrella; that many of these fighters have seen action against Pakistani forces in South Waziristan should be a matter of interest to India.
India’s growing population and economy need sustainable sources of energy — the problem of inadequate power supply is already acute, and will likely get worse if remedial measures aren’t taken and alternative sources aren’t identified posthaste. In doing so however, both India and Kazakhstan need to not neglect other equally important areas of mutual interest. In this regard, our very one-sided, military dominated relationship with Russia should serve a reminder on how not to go about forging new partnerships.