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
Updated 07 June 2016
India will join major missile control group
