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India joins Missile Technology Control Regime

India joins Missile Technology Control Regime

| | 27 Jun 2016, 02:10 pm
New Delhi, June 7 (IBNS) India became a full member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) on Monday, partially mitigating the setback it suffered three days ago on the issue of its membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), reports said.

“India has joined the MTCR this morning…India’s entry into the regime as its thirty-fifth member would be mutually beneficial in the furtherance of international non-proliferation objectives,” External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar signed the instrument of accession to MTCR in the presence of France’s Ambassador-designate Alexandre Ziegler,  Netherlands’ Ambassador Alphonsus Stoelinga and Luxembourg’s Chargé d’Affaires Laure Huberty.

“India would like to thank each of the thirty-four MTCR Partners for their support for India’s membership. We would also like to thank Ambassador Pieter de Klerk of The Netherlands and Mr Robert Steinmetz of Luxembourg, co-Chairs of the MTCR,” the statement said.


The official declaration from the MTCR Chair said,“The MTCR welcomes India into the Regime, convinced that its membership will strengthen the international efforts to prevent proliferation of delivery systems [ballistic missiles or unmanned aircraft] capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction”.

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