A series of meeting between the Left leaders and the UPA today centred around the setting up of a mechanism to review the implementation of the US Hyde Act on the bilateral 123-Agreement pertaining to the Indo-US nuclear deal.
New Delhi, Aug 27 : A series of meeting between the Left leaders and the UPA today centred around the setting up of a mechanism to review the implementation of the US Hyde Act on the bilateral 123-Agreement pertaining to the Indo-US nuclear deal.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today held wide range of consultations with the Left leaders beginning with CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan and CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury separately.
"We discussed all the questions. It was decided that a mechanism should be worked out,'' Bardhan told reporters after coming out of the meeting.
The Left parties are giving their inputs regarding the mechanism that could possibly be a high level committee comprising political leaders, foreign and strategic affairs experts, and scientists.
It was earlier reported that the Congress was mulling over setting up of a 10-member committee under former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran that would address the Left's concern over the deal.
But the Left leaders are reportedly keen to see a 'political' mechanism be set up.
Mukherjee also separately met Yechury who apprised the former of the CPI (M)'s view of halting all future negotiations regarding the operationalisation of the deal, including the negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Mukherjee is also slated to meet two other smaller Left parties-RSP and AIFB- leaders, and after that a formal broad UPA-Left meeting would be held to announce the agreed mechanism.
ANI