Visiting Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday declined to say whether his government can achieve agreement on a civilian nuclear agreement with the United States within a time frame recommended by the Bush administration. A day after meetings with President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington, Mukherjee said his country's coalition government was still seeking consensus on the deal, which is opposed by communist lawmakers. “At this juncture, it is difficult for me to indicate any time frame by which we will be able to complete this process,” Mukherjee told reporters. “There are certain issues which are yet to be resolved. Unless those are resolved, it will be difficult for us to fix any particular time frame.”
