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The Minister of State for External Affairs, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh told the Lok Sabha today that the IAEA and the US delegates have expressed appreciation for India’s offer of providing infrastructure and expertise on a regular basis for conducting international training courses in India under the aegis of the IAEA. These programmes are on issues related to the security of radiological sources and materials as also for locating orphan radioactive sources in countries which are unable to effectively deal with them and which seek assistance from the IAEA.
The Minister said that such an appreciation was expressed when a Joint delegation of representations from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the US visited New Delhi on 9 february 2005 for a meeting on the Regional Radiological Security Partnership (RRSP) programme. During the meeting, the three sides acknowledged their shared objective of enhancing globally the security of dangerous radioactive sources. They also agreed to continue further discussions on the subject, he added.
The Minister was replying to a question by Smt. Kiran Maheshwari & Shri Yogi Aditya Nath.
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