June 26, 2016 8:28 PM

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India all set to join Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) tomorrow as full member

India is all set to join the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) tomorrow as a full member. MTCR membership will enable India to buy high-end missile technology and also enhance its joint ventures with Russia. <br/><br/>The aim of the MTCR is to restrict the proliferation of missiles, complete rocket systems, unmanned air vehicles and related technology for those systems capable of carrying a 500 kilogramme payload for at least 300 kilometres, as well as systems intended for the delivery of weapons of mass destruction.<br/><br/>External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said, New Delhi had applied for the membership of MTCR last year and all the procedural formalities have been completed. He said, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will sign the document of accession into MTCR in the presence of Ambassadors of France, Netherlands and Luxembourg tomorrow. '<br/><br/>Significantly, China, which stonewalled India's entry into the 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) at the just-concluded Seoul plenary, is not a member of 34-nation MTCR.

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