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NPT crucial to countering proliferation risks - Russian FM

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, May 2, IRNA
Russia-NPT
However complicated the current situation may prove, 'responses to the new challenges and threats to the nuclear non-proliferation regime must be looked for on the basis of the nuclear arms non-proliferation treaty', the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday in connection with the first session of the preparatory committee of the 2010 conference on NPT observance.

At its Vienna session the committee will draft recommendations to promote the implementation of the treaty's goals and strengthen the treaty itself.

Moscow believes that the NPT is an effective, crucial document and its value was confirmed by decades of efforts to enhance the nuclear non-proliferation regimen.

"We have called on all parties concerned to jointly devise nuclear power development patterns constituting a sound alternative to the proliferation of sensitive technologies -- international cooperation -- based reliable programs capable of the demand for nuclear power," the Foreign Ministry said.

Russia wants the IAEA to play 'a greater role and have greater capabilities in verifying the NPT signatories' compliance with their non-proliferation obligations'.

The Russian delegation 'plans to make a constructive contribution to the dialogue by participants at the first session of the preparatory committee with the aim to enhance the effectiveness of this most important international treaty', the Foreign Ministry said.

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