NEW DELHI: The members of the Missile Technology Control Regime, a key anti-proliferation grouping, have agreed to admit India, diplomats said, in a win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The diplomats, with direct knowledge of the matter, said a deadline for the members of the 34-nation group to object to India’s admission had expired on Monday. Under this so-called ‘silent procedure’, India’s admission follows automatically.
Modi placed a wreath Monday at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
Modi arrived earlier Monday at Andrews Air Force Base, beginning a visit to advance ties between the world’s two largest democracies.
Modi also met Monday with Attorney General Loretta Lynch during a ceremony marking the repatriation of over 200 artifacts to the Indian government.
President Barack Obama hosted Modi at the White House Tuesday. Modi addresses a joint meeting of Congress Wednesday.
It is Modi’s fourth visit to the US since he was elected in 2014. A new defense agreement and progress on US investment in nuclear power in India could be in the cards on his latest visit.
Modi is on a five-country trip with stops so far in Afghanistan, Qatar and Switzerland. After the US he goes to Mexico.
India will join major missile control group
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