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Four Nuclear States Postpone Signing SEANWFZ Protocol

IN THIS ISSUE: Four nuke states postpone signing SEANWFZ protocol, 13 minutes to doomsday, laser plant offers cheap way to make nuclear fuel, sanctions seen slowing N. Korea progress, UK nuclear submarine fire figures revealed, NNSA announces elimination of 450 metric tons of Russian weapons HEU.

Published on July 10, 2012
 

Four Nuclear States Postpone Signing SEANWFZ Protocol

Xinhua

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Four out of the five recognized nuclear-weapon states (P5) will not be ready to sign on the protocol to the treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting next week, a Cambodian senior official said Sunday. The four countries are France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

"They (the four countries) have introduced the text of reservation and position reservation to the SEANWFZ commission very late; therefore, the commission has not had more time to review them, and the commission decided that the signing will be postponed so that we will have more time to review the text of reservation and position of reservation," said secretary of state at Cambodia's foreign ministry.   Full Article



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