Advocating the sale of uranium to India an Australian opposition leader has said it was hypocritical to sell it to countries like Russia and China which use it for military purpose while selling to India will help in reducing the global greenhouse gas emissions.

"It was hypocritical for the government to sell uranium to countries like China and Russia which, despite being part of the pact, use uranium for weapons," Andrew Robb, opposition Liberal Party's foreign affairs spokesperson said, adding selling uranium to India would help the nation significantly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

"How can we justify selling the uranium to China and to Russia in an unfettered way and yet we don't sell uranium to India?" Robb said in a latest media reports here.

India are looking to have uranium for clean energy purposes. By 2050, 35 per cent of all of their power needs could be met by nuclear energy and that would save an enormous amount in terms of greenhouse gasses, he added.

He said that this (selling uranium to India) would also help strengthen the relationship between India and Australia.

"We must maintain our relations, build our relations with other major countries such as India and the selling of uranium is one way of doing that," he added.