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India attaches highest priority to nuclear disarmament, Krishna tells UN | India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today said
that India attaches the highest priority to the goal of nuclear disarmament. Speaking
during the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly here, Krishna
said: "India attaches the highest priority to nuclear disarmament and stands committed
to safeguarding international peace and security. Krishna said that India also
supported a world free of nuclear weapons, but maintained that there should be
an international accord to achieve this goal. "The international order cannot
be discriminatory. States must fulfil the obligations they have undertaken," he
said. Stressing on the need for expanding the Security Council, he said, "It must
be accepted that the Security Council must be strengthened and made more representative
by expanding its permanent and non-permanent membership." Krishna also reiterated
India's proposal mentioned in the Rajiv Gandhi Action Plan, which calls for removal
of all nuclear weapons within a specific time frame. "We remained committed to
a unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing," he said. Krishna's statement came
in the wake of an UNSC resolution seeking all non NPT signatories to join the
treaty. |
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