Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

I accept the Deputy's disappointment that a consensus was arrived at, but we worked to achieve discernible improvements to the agreement. The final text will help ensure that the non-proliferation treaty remains the cornerstone of disarmament and non-proliferation and that India is held to its commitments, with observation and monitoring on an ongoing basis. The transfer of sensitive technologies will be ruled out entirely once negotiations are concluded on the provisions of paragraphs 6 and 7 of the NSG guidelines, including a provision that all states engaging in nuclear commerce with India must notify other NSG members of each and every transfer. These are improvements we brought to the text.

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