In September, Prime Minister Tony Abbott signed an agreement which will allow sales of Australian uranium to India for the first time. India has consistently refused to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has manufactured up to 110 nuclear warheads, but has been given a free pass to take part in international nuclear trade by virtue of its new strategic relationship with the United States.

Shashank Shekhar Singh, the Cabinet Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh government, assured US Charge d Affaires Peter Burleigh at the time of the Lok Sabha elections in 2009 that Mayawati s opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal was 'rhetoric', and that there will be no change in India s foreign policy if Mayawati became the prime minister.

France, not sure about Pakistan's nuclear deterrent, has decided against supplying nuclear energy technology to it, according to a secret US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.

Israel reportedly accused Turkey of aiding Iran s nuclear weapons program, according to notes from a meeting between American and Israeli officials from 2009 obtained by Haaretz.