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NPT review accord a step forward: Iranian envoy to IAEA
TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – Iran’s permanent envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh has said the final declaration of 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference is a step forward to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
“The final document did not meet our demands, but it was a step forward,” Soltanieh said on Sunday.
He also said the West could not achieve its goal to include the accusation that Iran has violated the NPT in the final document.
“They expected that this conference could have been an opportunity to accuse Iran of violating the NPT. However, Iran’s name is not mentioned in the final declaration of the conference and they could not bring up Iran’s (nuclear) issue directly or indirectly,” he stated.
Soltanieh said some points concerning the Zionist regime, India, Pakistan and North Korea are included in the document, and the declaration calls on the Zionist regime to sign the NPT.
“The current political pressure on the Zionist regime is notable,” he opined.
“Most of signatories have called for preventing the Zionist regime from violating the international rules and demanded that this regime must immediately and unconditionally sign the NPT,” he explained.
He went on to say the Western states tried to make it binding for all signatories to sign the additional protocol, but Iran, Brazil, Cuba, Egypt and some other countries opposed the motion and the proposal was not approved.
On the content of the accord, he said the signatories’ right to have nuclear fuel cycle and enrichment is recognized, he added.
Soltanieh also said a proposal by Iran banning any strike on nuclear facilities was ratified.
Iran will diligently pursue the implementation of the provisions of this accord, Soltanieh added.
The accord was agreed by 189 signatories at the 2010 NPT review conference in New York on Friday.
Under the agreement, the U.S., Iran and Arab nations agreed to call for talks in 2012 on a treaty to ban nuclear weapons in the Middle East and to establish a region free of nuclear weapons.
The declaration also said Israel should ratify the treaty and allow inspection of its nuclear facilities by the IAEA.
In the final document, the names of Israel, Pakistan and India are mentioned as the countries that have not signed the NPT, and also North Korea was mentioned for pulling out of the treaty several years ago.
“The final document did not meet our demands, but it was a step forward,” Soltanieh said on Sunday.
He also said the West could not achieve its goal to include the accusation that Iran has violated the NPT in the final document.
“They expected that this conference could have been an opportunity to accuse Iran of violating the NPT. However, Iran’s name is not mentioned in the final declaration of the conference and they could not bring up Iran’s (nuclear) issue directly or indirectly,” he stated.
Soltanieh said some points concerning the Zionist regime, India, Pakistan and North Korea are included in the document, and the declaration calls on the Zionist regime to sign the NPT.
“The current political pressure on the Zionist regime is notable,” he opined.
“Most of signatories have called for preventing the Zionist regime from violating the international rules and demanded that this regime must immediately and unconditionally sign the NPT,” he explained.
He went on to say the Western states tried to make it binding for all signatories to sign the additional protocol, but Iran, Brazil, Cuba, Egypt and some other countries opposed the motion and the proposal was not approved.
On the content of the accord, he said the signatories’ right to have nuclear fuel cycle and enrichment is recognized, he added.
Soltanieh also said a proposal by Iran banning any strike on nuclear facilities was ratified.
Iran will diligently pursue the implementation of the provisions of this accord, Soltanieh added.
The accord was agreed by 189 signatories at the 2010 NPT review conference in New York on Friday.
Under the agreement, the U.S., Iran and Arab nations agreed to call for talks in 2012 on a treaty to ban nuclear weapons in the Middle East and to establish a region free of nuclear weapons.
The declaration also said Israel should ratify the treaty and allow inspection of its nuclear facilities by the IAEA.
In the final document, the names of Israel, Pakistan and India are mentioned as the countries that have not signed the NPT, and also North Korea was mentioned for pulling out of the treaty several years ago.
