China has expressed guarded support to India's quest for civil nuclear energy and rejected perceptions that the growing relations between New Delhi and the US were aimed at containing it. "Every country has the right to develop energy in any form, including nuclear form, to meet its development needs," Chinese Ambassador Sun Yuxi said in an interview ahead of the maiden India visit by President Hu Jintao beginning on Monday. Sun, however, said that objectives of non-proliferation should also be maintained and strengthened. When referred to India's contention that it abides by all non-proliferation rules although it has not signed NPT, he said "anything which can strengthen non-proliferation effort should be welcomed by the international community."

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