భారత్కు నాటో భాగస్వామి హోదా - US

భారత్కు నాటో మిత్రదేశాల హోదా కల్పించే బిల్లుకు అమెరికా సెనేట్ ఆమోదం తెలిపింది. అమెరికా కాంగ్రెస్లోని ఉభయసభలు ఆమోద ముద్ర వేస్తే ఈ బిల్లు చట్టంగా రూపుదిద్దుకోనుంది. ఫలితంగా.. భవిష్యత్తులో పరస్పరం సహకరించుకునే అవకాశం కలగనుంది.

భారత్కు నాటో భాగస్వామి హోదా

Published : Jul 3, 2019, 7:10 AM IST

అమెరికా నేతృత్వంలోని నాటో కూటమి సభ్య దేశాలతో సమాన హోదాను భారత్కు కల్పించేందుకు ఉద్దేశించిన బిల్లును ఆమోదించింది సెనేట్‌. నెలాఖరులోగా ఈ బిల్లును ప్రతినిధుల సభ (హౌస్‌ ఆఫ్‌ రిప్రజెంటేటివ్స్‌)లో ప్రవేశపెట్టే అవకాశం ఉంది.

అక్కడా బిల్లు ఆమోదం పొందితే ఇజ్రాయెల్‌, దక్షిణ కొరియా వంటి దేశాల మాదిరిగా అమెరికాతో రక్షణ సహకారాన్ని మరింతగా పెంపొందించుకొనేందుకు వీలు కలుగుతుంది. హిందూ మహాసముద్రం ప్రాంతంలో ఉగ్రవాద వ్యతిరేక చర్యలు, సముద్రపు దొంగతనాలను అడ్డుకోవటం, సముద్రంలో భద్రత వంటి అంశాల్లో అమెరికా తోడ్పాటునందిస్తుంది.

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Tehran - 2 July 2019
1. Wide of pedestrians in Tehran's grand bazaar
2. Wide of pedestrians
3. Men playing music
4. Men playing music
5. Pedestrians' feet
6. Pedestrians
7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Sajjad Nazary, 23-year-old university student:
"As you can see, Iranian people need bread instead of the nuclear programme. They want their economic situation to get better. The point is with nuclear energy, you can't make your children's bellies feel full."
8. Wide of crowd in bazaar
9. People in bazaar
10. People in bazaar
11. Pedestrians and carpet shop
12. Tilt down carpet shop to 100 US dollar bill carpet
13. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Yussuf (No last name given), Tehran resident:
"He (US President Donald Trump) is a person that makes surprise decisions. In the past we can say he was not predictable, but now his decisions are clear for everyone around the world. He only thinks about the interests of America."
14. Tilt down grand bazaar
15. Shopkeeper talking to customers
16. Kettle in shopkeeper's hands
17. People in bazaar
18. Tilt up man while talking
19. Man talking to reporter
20. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mehdi Hamzeh Nia, 39-year-old appliance salesman:
"If the situation remains like this, we'd love to leave Iran. We are trying very hard to exit the country. Definitely. You have no future here."
21. Clothes hanging in shop
22. Customers in shop
23. Women talking to reporter
24. SOUNDBITE (Farsi/English) Nahroba Alirezei, 35-year-old English-language teacher:
"There should be negotiations. Both parties should talk in a friendly manner and they should think about the Iranian people and the Iranian society as well as the American society. The youth and the people shouldn't suffer more than this and live in peace. Peace, just peace."
25. Wide of crowds in bazaar
STORYLINE
While opinions differ across Tehran's Grand Bazaar about the ongoing tensions between the US and Iran over its unravelling nuclear deal, there's one thing those in the heart of Iran's capital city agree on: American sanctions hurt the average person, not those in charge.
Iranians spoke to the Associated Press on Tuesday, a day after authorities acknowledged Iran had broken the limit placed on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by the 2015 nuclear deal.
Trump pulled the US from the deal a year ago.
Tensions between Tehran and Washington have seen the US rush an aircraft carrier, nuclear-capable B-52 bombers, F-22 fighters and thousands of additional troops to the Middle East.
While Iran said it doesn't seek war, it recently shot down a US military surveillance drone.
Authorities now also acknowledge an "intentional" disruption to GPS systems in the nation, position data used by both the US military for air strikes and drone flights.
Under the deal, Iran agreed to have less than 300 kilogrammes (661 pounds) of uranium enriched to a maximum of 3.67%, which can be used for nuclear power stations, but is far below weapons-grade levels of 90%.
Both Iran and the UN's nuclear watchdog confirmed on Monday Tehran had broken through that limit.
While that represents Iran's first major departure from the accord, it still remains likely a year away from having enough material for a nuclear weapon.
Iran insists its programme is for peaceful purposes, but the West fears it could allow Iran to build a bomb.
However, Iran has also threatened for weeks to push its enrichment closer to weapons-grade levels on July 7 if Europe doesn't agree to new deal terms to protect Tehran from American sanctions.
As the stockpile and enrichment rises, that narrows that estimated year.
But while Iran's government says challenging the West with its nuclear programme is necessary, some Iranians like Sajjad Nazary, a 23-year-old university student in Tehran, question the move as the Islamic Republic's economy suffers.
But Nazary, like others there, said he didn't believe a war would break out.
Despite that optimism, there are signs Iran is taking the threat of a possible military escalation seriously.
Mehdi Hamzeh Nia, a 39-year-old appliance salesman said he had thought about leaving Iran given the difficulty of the economic situation.
Hamzeh Nia said he worried about how to support his 5-year-old son and family.
But the most pressing concern for Alirezei, an English teacher, remained easing tensions.
Asked what she hoped for, she responded in English: "Peace, just peace."
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