Russia Blocks Agreement on UN Nuclear Treaty
Russia late Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered ...
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Russia late Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered ...
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New York [US], August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia demanded amendments to the paragraphs of the final document of the 10th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which concerned the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) and the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, president of the conference Gustavo Zlauvinen said on Saturday.
The latest draft text had expressed “grave concern” over military activities around Ukrainian power plants, including Zaporizhzhia.
Russia late Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament which criticized its military takeover of Europe’s largest nuclear plant soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, an act that has raised fears of a nuclear disaster. Igor Vishnevetsky, deputy director of the…