India is supporting the candidature of incumbent Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano for the next term, External Affairs Ministry said today.
"Incumbent Director General of IAEA Yukiya Amano is a candidate for the the post of DG for which elections will be held in 2017. Government of India has conveyed its support for candidature of Yukiya Amano," MEA Spokesperson Vikas Swarup told reporters.
69-year-old Amano had assumed duties as IAEA Director General on 1 December 2009.
He had visited India in March this year during which he had met Indian leadership including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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