Max Pearson

Päiväkirja näyttää, että Yhdysvallat ja India olivat yhdessä. Meillä ei ollut paljon yhteisöä. Ja sen jälkeen on lakioita, jotka osoittavat sitä. Yli 30 vuotta sitten India ja Yhdysvallat ovat olleet yhdessä. Nyt yhteisö on muuttunut dramaattisesti. Tämä yhdysvallan yhteisö korreloi historiallisen väärän.

This is Ronan Sen. He's a diplomat who's worked alongside numerous Indian prime ministers since 1966 and will be the diplomat overseeing this agreement. Personally it was important for me because I happened to be incidentally present during the two lowest points in India-US relations since our independence.

So it's a factor for peace. And that struck George Bush, President Bush. He took it very much seriously. Thank you. Very successful trip.

Let's go back a day earlier to the 1st of March 2006. Air Force One has just landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi for the US President George W. Bush's first visit to India. And it's an important one. And he knew very well that this deal would not have taken place without the tremendous political capital, which was expended by President Bush.

The sentiment is shared by the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has set aside protocol and is waiting on the runway to greet George and his wife, Laura Bush. It was not a done deal, but we were negotiating with that agreement. It was not finalized. As the US president arrives in Delhi, he's not entirely welcome. Tens of thousands take to the streets with a strong objection to some US policies, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Opinion on the streets of India is divided though.

India is one of the most fastest growing economy in the world, so we are heading towards the world. We are showing our faces in world map. The next day, a traditional ceremony welcoming the US president George Bush in Rashtrapati Bhavan, the presidential office in New Delhi. Both national anthems are played, and then a god of honor, the person who is commanding the god of honor.

Tämä henkilö etsitään eteenpäin sotilaisen sotilaisen sotilaisen sotilaisen sotilaisen sotilaisen sotilaisen sotilaisen

And with that, the two world leaders walk away from the press and the pageantry, with Ronan Sen right behind them. And finally there was a meeting held with the aides and a number of people who had objections to that, you know, a lot of technical detail, because this nuclear agreement was not an ordinary agreement.

Se olisi vääränä maailmanlaajuisissa sääntöjärjestöissä, jotka sopivat kaikkiin valtioihin, jotka eivät ole tunnettuja sääntöjärjestöjä.

We had very strong objections by particularly the non-proliferation lobby. The countries felt this agreement was setting a dangerous precedent, with the US trading with a non-signatory. And also about reversing a policy which had been there since 1974. So how do you suddenly reverse it, and that too for one country, on a one-time basis? That had not been done before.

This was the turn of the century we're talking about. And that had not been done any time. In the 20th century it was not done. I don't remember any case in the 19th century either. So why this extraordinary step being taken for India? What was so special about India?

What was so special about India in the US administration's eyes is that in 2006 it has all the makings of a strategic global partner. India at the time is the world's second most populated country with over a billion people, has a growing economy and is the world's largest democracy.

As the Indian ambassador to the US, Ronan sits in the room as the two leaders negotiate this significant and controversial civil nuclear agreement. Even till quite late, it was uncertain whether there would be any announcement of the nuclear deal being taken forward. I mean, very, very intense. You couldn't get more intense.

Sitten kaksi puolustajaa ovat valmiita osallistumaan maailmanlaajuisen päätöksentekoon Hyderabad Houseissa. He kävelivät yhdessä, molemmat olivat nukkuneet.

Haluaisinko aloittaa?

koska Yhdysvaltainen kongressi ei voisi automaattisesti vahvistaa näin. Se oli alku uuden prosessin.

I'm looking forward to working with our United States Congress to change decades of law that will enable us to move forward in this important initiative. Lifting nuclear restrictions was not the only deal on the table. In his speech, President Bush mentions to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that, by the way, the United States is looking forward to eating Indian mangoes. Mangoes was a diplomatic calling card, you might say. President George Bush announced the US would be lifting a 17-year ban on Indian mangoes.

Mankoilla oli ilmaisu Jowalla Al-Nairuun ja Elisabethin koronation jälkeen. Vielä myöhemmin, kun lähdimme lähettämään niitä ympäri maailmaa, niin Rajiv Gandhi oli erittäin erityinen siitä. Esimerkiksi Gorbacheville ja prime ministerille Margaret Thatcherille ja Ronald Reaganille. Voidaan sanoa, että se oli yksinkertaisesti lisäkuva.

In 2008 the civil nuclear agreement is signed by President Bush after being approved by the US Congress, ending India's nuclear isolation and a three-decade ban on US nuclear trade with India.