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159394
Tue, 02/08/2011 - 15:59
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New START is in violation of NPT: Iranian senior MP
TEHRAN, Feb.8(MNA) -- Iranian MP Kazem Jalali commented that the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and Russia contravenes the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
“The new START treaty between the U.S. and Russia goes against the NPT and is a move to legitimize development of new generation of nuclear weapons,” Jalali, the rapporteur of Iran`s Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said on Monday.
The lawmaker explained that Russia and the U.S. have agreed to reduce the number of their outdated nuclear bombs, but want to retain more advanced nuclear weapons which have higher destructive power and that is why the STATR III is in violation of NPT.
Russia and the U.S., through giving publicity to the treaty, have tried to distract people’s attention and convince the world that they have fulfilled their obligations, but in fact they have fallen short of the international community’s expectations, the veteran lawmaker noted.
The START III treaty was signed by Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama in Prague in April 2010.
The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty came into force following an exchange of ratification papers by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
“The new START treaty between the U.S. and Russia goes against the NPT and is a move to legitimize development of new generation of nuclear weapons,” Jalali, the rapporteur of Iran`s Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said on Monday.
The lawmaker explained that Russia and the U.S. have agreed to reduce the number of their outdated nuclear bombs, but want to retain more advanced nuclear weapons which have higher destructive power and that is why the STATR III is in violation of NPT.
Russia and the U.S., through giving publicity to the treaty, have tried to distract people’s attention and convince the world that they have fulfilled their obligations, but in fact they have fallen short of the international community’s expectations, the veteran lawmaker noted.
The START III treaty was signed by Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama in Prague in April 2010.
The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty came into force following an exchange of ratification papers by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
