The five ‘Great Powers’ are again committed to non-proliferation

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council (US, Russia, Britain, France and China) today pledged to “prevent the further proliferation” of nuclear weapons, with a joint statement issued before a conference to review compliance with the treaty. for Nuclear Non-Proliferation (TNP).

While negotiations are under way with Iran, which is suspected of seeking to acquire the atomic bomb, these five nuclear powers underline “their willingness to work together with all states to create a security environment that “allows further progress to be made in disarmament, with the ultimate goal of a world free of nuclear weapons,” said the French presidency, which is coordinating the work of these countries ahead of the TNP conference.

“We declare that there can be no victors in a nuclear war, it must never begin,” the Russian version of the joint statement, signed by the Kremlin, said.

Source: AMPE

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Source From: Capital

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