Russia blocked a joint declaration after a four-week UN conference on the nuclear disarmament treaty, with Moscow denouncing its text as ...
Russia blocked a joint declaration after a four-week UN conference on the nuclear disarmament treaty, with Moscow denouncing its text as 'political'.
According to the foreign news agency 'AFP', the 191 countries that have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review it every 5 years. This agreement aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Promote cooperation in deterrence, total disarmament and peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Countries gathered at the UN headquarters in New York have been participating in talks since August 1, including the final session that was adjourned for several hours on Friday.
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"We are not in a position to conclude an agreement because Russia has raised the issue of the text," the conference's president, Gusto Zolavinen, from Argentina, said at the end.
The representative of Russia, Igor Vishnavitsky, said that the final text of the draft is more than 30 pages long and unbalanced, our delegation has important objections to some paragraphs that they are of a political nature, adding that only Russia raised the issue regarding the text. Not picked up.
According to the report, Russia was particularly opposed to the paragraph on Ukraine's nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia, which is occupied by the Russian military.
The updated text of the draft expressed "serious concern" over military activity around Ukraine's power plants, including Zaporizhzhia, as well as the negative impact on safety and security of such sites. Concerns were also expressed.
Neutral and non-nuclear Austria condemned the behavior of not only Russia but also the major powers in the negotiations.
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The Vienna government said in a statement that three-quarters of the 191 signatory states support credible progress on nuclear disarmament, resisted primarily by nuclear forces and, above all, by Russia.
According to the report, it was noted that the United Kingdom, China, France, Russia and the United States are modernizing or increasing their nuclear weapons contrary to the treaty.
While no agreement was reached during the talks in New York to meet non-compliance obligations under the earlier agreement, the signatories discussed other contentious issues during the conference, including Iran's nuclear program. program and North Korea's nuclear tests.
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At the last review conference in 2015, the parties failed to reach an agreement on key issues.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned at the opening of the conference that the world is facing nuclear threats not seen since the height of the Cold War, and humanity today is only one misconception away from total nuclear destruction. Is.
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