(VOVworld) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that they have reached an agreement breaking a six-year impasse on a non-military nuclear deal.

Barack Obama and Narendra Modi address the media after their talks in Delhi. Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

At a joint press conference in New Delhi, Modi said the deal was the centerpiece of bilateral cooperation between India and the US. President Obama confirmed that they had achieved a breakthrough understanding. The US signed a deal with India in 2008 to provide civilian nuclear technology. But implementation has been stalled by an Indian law making companies who build or supply the equipment liable in case of an accident.