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French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he hopes an international consensus here to allow countries like France to sell India peacetime nuclear technology. Mr. Sarkozy’s comments came during a visit to New Delhi. President Nicolas Sarkozy voiced strong support Friday for the controversial civil nuclear energy deal signed by United States and India. The deal, if finalized, will enable India to obtain long-denied civil nuclear technology from countries like the U. S. and France. (26) India is currently banned from buying fuel and technology for atomic reactors because it has conductedTESTs outside the framework of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.