India and Canada will sign a civil nuclear agreement during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s forthcoming visit to the G-20 summit in Toronto later this month. The four-day visit commences on June 26.
The agreement will be signed after a bilateral meeting between Singh and his Canadian counterpart, Stephen Harper, who will be hosting a special dinner in honour of Indian Prime Minister on June 27, official sources said.
The two countries will also review their bilateral economic and cultural ties.
“We hope to complete the prerequisite of the agreement before Dr Singh arrives in Toronto,” they said. The agreement will allow Indian firms to export and import controlled nuclear material, equipment and technology to and from Canada, they added.
India has already signed similar agreements the US, France and Russia. Besides uranium exports, Canada is pitching its 1200-MWe class Advanced CANDU reactor as a good fit for the Indian nuclear programme due to its size and localisation potential. —PTI