India officially joins MTCR, the elite missile club
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India has officially joined the Missile Technology Control Regime (Foreign Secretary
"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," said a statement from the External Affairs Ministry.
"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.
This MTCR entry has come days after it couldn’t get into NSG because of stark opposition from China and a few other countries. China, additionally, is not even a member of MTCR.
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By this membership, India will be able to buy high-end missile technology while also being able to enhance its joint ventures with Russia.
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