India's application to join the MTCR blocked - possibly by Italy

In October 2015, Italy was reportedly blocking India's application to join the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) due to an ongoing dispute about the detention of two Italian marines facing trial for killing two Indian fishermen in 2012. The MTCR is a non-proliferation regime aimed at controlling the spread of missile and space technologies, and India saw membership as an important objective for access to niche missile and space technologies. Negotiations were expected to continue until a solution was reached. The details of the decision not to move forward with India's membership were not available.