Australian Prime Minister John Howard will visit India this week and is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cover defense, customs cooperation, trade, economic framework, and biotechnology. The two countries will also sign a document to create a Strategic Research Fund. Presumably, the fund will cover the areas that the MoU will cover. He said, "India is an increasingly influential player whose interests converge with Australia's. We work constructively on key international issues..." Howard ruled out supply of nuclear fuel to India saying that his country will supply cheap fuel only to countries that have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. He said, "We are not going to suddenly change our policy just because the Indians and Americans have reached an agreement." Australia has 40% of the world's uranium deposits.