Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says Australia and India respect each other's position on the sale of uranium.

Mr Smith is in India for talks with the country's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, and says Australia's refusal to sell uranium to India has been discussed.

He says Australia's stance on the issue is not an obstacle to a good relationship.

"The Prime Minister told me that he understood and respected Australia's decision about uranium, which is Australia does not export uranium that's not a party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty," Mr Smith said.

"I told the Prime Minister that we understood and respected India's decision not to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

"These are both long-standing positions and policy positions of the Australian and Indian governments."

He told Sky News the relationship between the two countries goes much deeper.

"There's no doubt of course that India would prefer that Australia had a different position on uranium but there's more than one country that India can source uranium from and it's just one aspect of a much broader and deeper relationship; economic, trade, investment, people to people between Australia to India."