New Delhi, Jan 24, SPA - India Saturday signed a civil nuclear agreementwith Kazakhstan under which the uranium-rich Central Asian countrywill supply nuclear fuel to Indian atomic plants, dpa reported. The two countries signed four other agreements including anextradition treaty after delegation-level talks between KazakhPresident Nursultan Nazarbayev and an Indian delegation led byForeign Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi. Mukherjee represented India as Prime Minister Manmohan Singhunderwent bypass surgery in a Delhi hospital. This is India's fourth nuclear cooperation pact with anothercountry following agreements with France, the US and Russia lastyear. The memorandum of understanding between the Nuclear PowerCorporation of India (NPCIL) and KazAtomProm involves export ofuranium for India's civil nuclear programme, which operates underInternational Atomic Energy Agency's safeguards. Kazakhstan has the world's second largest uranium reserves and isthe leading exporter. Other deals signed Saturday included an agreement for cooperationon space research programmes, while oil majors ONGC Mittal Energy ofIndia and National Co KazmunaiG (KMG) of Kazakhstan signed anagreement for exploration in the Satpayev block in the Caspian Sea. "These agreements are very important for the stature of ourbilateral relations," Nazarbayev said after talks. The Kazakh leader arrived Friday on a four-day visit and will bethe chief guest at India's Republic Day parade in New Delhi onMonday. India celebrates January 26 every year as Republic Day tocommemorate the day it adopted its constitution in 1950.--SPA 241147 GMT Jan 09 www.spa.gov.sa/629053