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NSG plenary meeting
June 19 , 2018
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- The 28th Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary meeting was held in Jurmala, Latvia after Latvia assumed chairmanship of NSG for 2018-19.
- With this, Latvia became first Baltic state to chair the NSG.
- There was no headway in India’s application for NSG entry in this plenary meeting.
- India had applied for NSG membership at 2016 Seoul plenary session, but it was objected by few member countries of NSG including China.
- NSG was set up in 1974 as a reaction to India’s first successful nuclear tests (code name Smiling Buddha) to stop so called misuse of nuclear material meant for peaceful purposes.
- Currently, NSG has 48 members.
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