India's PM, Obama discuss civil nuke deal implementation

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has discussed ways to implement the civil nuclear deal with US President Barack Obama.

Emerging after their over an hour long meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN and East Asia Summits, Singh said he explained to Obama the law of the land on liability issue regarding the civil nuclear deal. Singh had declared there were “no irritants” in Indo-US ties.

“I explained to him that we have a law in place. Rules have been formulated. These rules will lie before our parliament for 30 days. Therefore, we have gone some way to respond to the concerns of American companies and within the four corners of the law of the land we are ready to address any specific grievances,” said Singh.

Prime Minister also said India was ready to ratify the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage.

“I also told him (Obama) that we’ll ratify the Supplementary Convention… That’s where the matter stands,” Singh said.