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| Israel Rejects to Join Non-Proliferation Treaty |
| 2010-05-31 |
| [Quqnoos] Israel on Saturday rejected a declaration of a Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that urged it to sign the pact and make its atomic facilities subject to U.N. inspections All the 189 parties to the NPT, including the United States, called on Friday in a declaration that singled out Israel for a conference in 2012 to discuss banning weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. "As a non-signatory state of the NPT, Israel is not obligated by the decisions of this conference, which has no authority over Israel," the Israeli government said in an emailed statement. The 28-page declaration said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and key states would arrange a conference that would include all nations in the region, in particular bitter enemies Israel and Iran. "The real problem with WMDs in the Middle East does not relate to Israel but to those countries that have signed the NPT and brazenly violated it: Iraq under Saddam, Libya, Syria and Iran," the Israeli government statement said. Obama welcomed agreements on a range of non-proliferation issues at the NPT meeting but said he would oppose efforts to isolate Israel and any actions to endanger its security. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "We don't have any nukes. And we definitely don't have some of them targeting EUropean capitals." |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-05-31 02:11 |