INDIA & THE WORLD BILATERAL AFFAIRS JULY 2010

INDIA & THE WORLD BILATERAL AFFAIRS JULY 2010

• India and the U.S. signed the agreement on modalities and procedures for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in pursuant to Article 6(iii) of the bilateral ‘123 Agreement' on civilian nuclear cooperation. Upon entry into force, it will enable reprocessing by India of United States-obligated nuclear material under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards. 
• India and the U.S. signed the Counter Terrorism Initiative (CCI) in New Delhi to forge close and effective cooperation in counter-terrorism, information-sharing and capacity-building. The Counter terrorism Cooperation Initiative was agreed upon between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barrack Obama during Manmohan’s visit to Washington in November 2009. The CCI is aimed at giving both the U.S. and India additional opportunities to work together across a broad spectrum, including transport security, money-laundering, counterfeit currency and terrorist financing, maritime, port and border security, cyber security and mega-city policing. 
• In a recent agreement on the reciprocal hosting of law enforcement liaison officers, The Australian Federal Police (AFP) opened its first office in New Delhi aiming to strengthen the law enforcement relationship between the two countries. 
• World Bank signed two agreements with the Centre agreeing to give $407 million loan to scale up microfinance services in unbanked areas and improve capacity to generate quality statistics. 
• World Bank signed two agreements with the Centre agreeing to give $407 million loan to scale up microfinance services in unbanked areas and improve capacity to generate quality statistics. 
• National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon is on a three-day visit to China as Special Envoy to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.