India and Namibia today signed two MoUs, including one on capacity building for civil servants of Namibia and the other on setting up of centre of excellence in ICT. <br/><br/>The agreements were signed after one to one dialogue with visiting President Pranab Mukherjee and his Namibian counterpart Hage Geingob which was followed by delegation level talks in Windhoek. <br/><br/>Later addressing media in Windhoek, Secretary Economic Relations in MEA, Amar Sinha said that the issue of Uranium supply figured prominently during the talks and President Geingob invited Indian companies to directly mine Uranium from the country. <br/><br/>The Secretary said that the Namibia reiterated its commitment to honour the deal signed with India in 2009 to supply Uranium for civil use. <br/><br/>However he asked India to provide the details of the agreements which it has enterned with other countries like Argentina, Canada, France, the US and others on the issue of Uranium supply.<br/><br/> As a follow up of the announcement made today a high level expert team from India will visit Namibia to explore possibilities of mining Uranium in the country. Namibia is the fourth largest supplier of Uranim and both the countries signed an agreement on nuclear energy in 2009. <br/><br/>However, a treaty of African Union called Pelindaba treaty prohibits implementation of the agreement as India is not the signatory of Nuclear Non Proliferation treaty. Both the countries also discussed on the urgent need for UNSC reforms and the host country supported India's bid for the permanent membership. Mr Sinha also said that a defence agreement to train Namibian military officials is also likely to be signed during the visit.
News On AIR | June 16, 2016 8:50 PM
Namibia invites Indian companies to directly mine uranium from the country