Iran's disarmament confab indicates Tehran's honesty
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Vienna, April 7, IRNA -- Senior Iranian diplomat said Wednesday that conducting the upcoming meeting on disarmament in Iran would signify the country’s honesty and firm intention for elimination of nuclear weapons.
"Iran is determined both in words and action in eliminating of nuclear weapons,” Iran’s permanent envoy to the United Nations organizations in Vienna, Austria, Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh told IRNA in an exclusive interview.
The country is to host a nuclear disarmament meeting on April 17-18 which would be held based on the theme of “Nuclear Energy for Everybody, Nuclear Weapon for Nobody.”
Violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty by nuclear states has concerned international community, Soltaniyeh said.
He added that Iran has been one of the front-runners of nuclear proliferation campaign and disarmament during the past three decades.
The diplomat referred to Tehran’s disarmament meeting as a “historic chance” for all countries which were seeking a halt on arms race and elimination of nuclear weapons.
Soltaniyeh added that a number of the senior officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) as well as representatives from international organizations based in Vienna are to take part in the upcoming meeting in Iran.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mihman-Parast invited on Tuesday the countries which advocate nuclear disarmament to attend the Tehran’s meeting.
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