India pleads with Australia to lift uranium export ban
India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna says he is pleading with the Australian government to reconsider its ban on uranium sales to his country.
SM Krishna has told Australia's foreign minister Kevin Rudd that the growth of India's nuclear power industry is crucial to combating climate change.
"I would only plead, and I have pleaded with Mr Rudd," he said.
"I want Australia to go in for a larger public debate on this question."
Australia has a ban on selling uranium to India because it has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.