U.S. tempers optimism on India nuclear deal

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/16/AR2007051602120.html

U.S. tempers optimism on India nuclear deal
Wednesday, May 16, 2007; 6:10 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday tempered its exuberant optimism about a nuclear cooperation deal with India and said it was uncertain whether a senior official would visit New Delhi this month to complete the agreement.

On May 1, the two countries claimed extensive progress during two days of talks aimed at salvaging their landmark nuclear cooperation agreement and Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, the chief U.S. negotiator, said he would "visit India in the second half of May to find closure."

But on Wednesday, a State Department spokesman told Reuters that while Burns could still visit India this month, "he's got nothing scheduled for now."

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A congressional source who in recent weeks had been persuaded that the two sides had indeed narrowed their differences said the State Department comments on Wednesday were "a definite change in enthusiasm and one wonders if they have gotten some bad news (from New Delhi) in the last week." U.S. officials provided no further details.