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ElBaradei urges a nuclear weapons-free Middle East

IRNA

Berlin, Sept 2, IRNA -- The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency 
called on Tuesday for the creation of a Middle East region, free of 
nuclear weapons. 
"The solution is to move towards a nuclear weapons-free zone in 
the Middle East," Director General of the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) Mohammad ElBaradei told IRNA when asked about Israel`s 
nuclear military threat for Iran and the rest of the Mideast region. 
"A cornerstone of the Middle East should be a nuclear weapons-free
zone. There are countries that believe that Israel should sign the NPT
as a confidence-building measure pending the establishment of a 
comprehensive settlement in the Mideast," he added, while pointing to 
the "high regional instability". 
Israel has stubbornly refused to sign the Nuclear 
Non-Proliferation Treaty despite international pressure. 
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