European Commission on Friday supported India's participation in talks over a multi-billion-dollar experimental nuclear reactor.
The decision was taken along with six partner countries backing the so-called International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project.
The next session of negotiations on Iter -- planned by the European Union, the United States, Russia, Japan, South Korea and China -- will be held in South Korea next Tuesday, the EU's executive arm said.
In a statement, the European Commission said it has officially informed Indian authorities that it supports India's participation in the negotiations.
"India's participation should now be discussed with the other international parties, US, China, South Korea, Russia and Japan as part of the ongoing negotiations of the international agreement that will set up Iter," it said.
The six Iter partners agreed in June to build the main Iter facility in Cadarache, southern France, after Japan withdrew its bid to host the 12-billion-dollar, 30-year project.
Iter (pronounced "fitter") will be the largest global research and development collaboration after the International Space Station.
ITER is the experimental step between the latest studies of plasma physics and future electricity-producing fusion power plants.
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