MELBOURNE, Sept 3 – Australia should be prepared to sell uranium to India with suitable safeguards, said Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Ahead of his trip to India, Abbott said Australia should be prepared to provide “support” and that is what his upcoming visit would be about.“If we are prepared to sell uranium to Russia, and we’ve been prepared to do that in the past, surely we ought to be prepared to provide uranium to India under suitable safeguards,” he told ABC television.
India was a full functioning democracy with the rule of law, Abbott said.Abbott heads off on Thursday for his first visit to the subcontinent as prime minister.He will be joined by Trade Minister Andrew Robb and a business delegation.
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