123 Indo-US nuke deal 90% through: Burns

The government today held high-level talks with the US administration on a proposed agreement to operationalise the civil nuclear deal with Washington saying that the two sides were almost there and little more work was needed to conclude the pact.

Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon met US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns to iron out remaining differences on the '123 Agreement' which has already witnessed "90% progress".

Before going in for talks, Burns told reporters that the two countries had come a long way in the talks on the Agreement since the negotiations began two years ago.

Burns said the two sides are almost there and little more work was needed to conclude the pact.

He expressed confidence that the agreement would be clinched.