Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar today kept the option open on discussing the safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency during his upcoming visit to Vienna, saying a decision on it will be taken two days ahead of his meeting with the United Nations nuclear watchdog.

"I will be definitely going to attend the 51st general meeting of the IAEA in Vienna," he told a select group of reporters in Mumbai.

"Things are changing every day... but I will be taking the call two days before the general meeting which starts from September 17," Kakodkar said when asked whether he will be discussing the safeguards agreement.

His comments assume significance as the Left parties, which are providing crucial support to the United Progressive Alliance government, have demanded that Kakodkar should not discuss the safeguards agreement with the IAEA when he travels to Vienna next month.

The Left parties view the discussions on safeguards agreement as operationalisation of the Indo-US nuclear deal, which they are opposed to.

The government, however, is keen to go ahead with the deal and insists that negotiations with the IAEA do not construe operationalisation of the agreement.

Kakodkar admitted that there were "some constraints" related to the talks on the India-specific safeguards agreement with the IAEA and the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

Asked whether the Department of Atomic Energy was satisfied with the deal, he said, "If we were not satisfied we would not have agreed for the deal."