US President Barack Obama told the United Nations on Wednesday that he will look for to wrap up a universal treaty to ban all nuclear testing and open talks on halting production of bomb-making fissile material in the next 12 months.
Neither announcement comes as a surprise to New Delhi, but the US President's statement that the "next twelve months could be pivotal in influential whether this compact will be strengthen or will slowly dissolve means India will have to create some tough choices in the coming year - notably whether to sign the comprehensive test ban treaty - at a time where there is immense argument at home about the scale of its nuclear avoidance.
In his first speech before the UN as US President, Obama draws a sharp contrast to his predecessor George Bush by reaffirming US commitment to the United Nations, while chastising the rest of the world for expecting Washington to solve all problems. But it was his firm resolves to address a nuclear proliferation issue that was most striking for New Delhi, given the uncertainties that have come to characterize its relationship with Washington on matters of nuclear cooperation and non-proliferation.
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