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Non-proliferation clause in EU treaties

IRNA

Brussels, Nov 18, IRNA -- The EU has decided to include a clause on 
nuclear non-proliferation in all its treaties with third countries. 
Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini told a press conference 
in Brussels Tuesday that EU foreign ministers in their meeting on 
Monday approved an "important decision." 
"We decided that in all agreements and in all treaties, joint and 
multilateral agreements in which the EU is a party, we will ask for 
the inclusion of a non-proliferation clause," said Frattini whose 
country holds the current EU Presidency. 
The move is aimed at curbing the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction (WMD) and combating terrorism, he explained. 
US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, sitting next to Frattini 
during the joint press conference welcomed the EU initiative saying 
"it shows that we are coming together to work together to deal with 
the major threats that we are now facing." 
Currently the EU includes a human rights clause in all agreements 
with third countries. 
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