Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India (NNN-Bernama) -- South Korean Ambassador to India im Joong-Keun on Wednesday said Seoul was waiting for New Delhi's proposal for etting up a nuclear energy station in India.
"We in Korea were expecting it but because of the not very positive atmosphere around nuclear power and energy, we are waiting for India's proposal in this regard," he told Press Trust of India.
Jong-Keun said South Korea and India "has very close relations" in the fields of nuclear science and technology and an agreement was signed on civil nuclear energy co-operation between the two countries in July last year when President Pratibha Patil visited the country.
"Since then, I met Dr (kumar) Bannerji, (former) chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, and we discussed how to develop co-operation in nuclear science and technology," he said.
During his two-day visit to Odisha, Jong-Keun visited the proposed steel plant site of South Korean steel major Posco which met opposition from locals. -- NNN-BERNAMA
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