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27-06-04, 13:34
ElBaradei: Israel should talk about nuclear-free Mideast
By Reuters
MOSCOW - Israel should start talking seriously about ridding the Middle East of nuclear weapons, whether it admits to having them or not, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday.
Speaking to reporters on an official visit to the Russian capital, Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said this would be a main topic of his visit to Israel in early July.
ElBaradei indicated he will not press Israel to abandon its policy of "strategic ambiguity", under which the Jewish state neither admits nor denies having a nuclear arsenal. Israel is widely believed to have from 100 to 200 atomic weapons.
"We need ... to rid the Middle East of all weapons of mass destruction," he said.
"Israel agrees with that, but they say it has to be ... after peace agreements," ElBaradei said. "My proposal is maybe we need to start to have a parallel dialogue on security at the same time when we're working on the peace process."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/444036.html
Interessant dat Israel pas zijn wapens van de VN hoeft af te geven na een "vredesakkoord" terwijl andere landen juist het omgekeerde geld, geef je wapens op en misschien zit er een vredesakkoord in.
By Reuters
MOSCOW - Israel should start talking seriously about ridding the Middle East of nuclear weapons, whether it admits to having them or not, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday.
Speaking to reporters on an official visit to the Russian capital, Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said this would be a main topic of his visit to Israel in early July.
ElBaradei indicated he will not press Israel to abandon its policy of "strategic ambiguity", under which the Jewish state neither admits nor denies having a nuclear arsenal. Israel is widely believed to have from 100 to 200 atomic weapons.
"We need ... to rid the Middle East of all weapons of mass destruction," he said.
"Israel agrees with that, but they say it has to be ... after peace agreements," ElBaradei said. "My proposal is maybe we need to start to have a parallel dialogue on security at the same time when we're working on the peace process."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/444036.html
Interessant dat Israel pas zijn wapens van de VN hoeft af te geven na een "vredesakkoord" terwijl andere landen juist het omgekeerde geld, geef je wapens op en misschien zit er een vredesakkoord in.