Failed to accept results… Russia protests criticism of Ukrainian nuclear power plant control
US: ‘Russian attempts to obscure intentions to remove Ukraine from map’
Continuous claudication following 2015… Agree only on the schedule and preparation procedures for the next meeting
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jong-un Yuhan = Reporter Yuhan-ju Kim = The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) evaluation meeting, a framework for the international community’s commitment to deterrence of nuclear weapons, came to an end without a result statement in Russia’s trap.
The AP and TAS News reported on the 26th (local time), the last day of the 10th evaluation meeting, that a long meeting of member countries continued over the draft result, but there was no unanimous agreement in the end.
“Unfortunately, there has been no agreement on this document,” said Igor Vishinevetsky, deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control.
For the results to be adopted, they must be approved by all 191 member states of the NPT.
Deputy Director Vishinevetsky argued that many countries, as well as Russia, did not agree on many issues in the draft.
However, Spain’s EFE news agency reported that countries other than Russia were willing to accept the draft decision.
Russia’s objection is said to be due to provisions related to the Zaporiza nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
The draft circulated at this meeting is 36 pages long.
It also criticized Russia for occupying Europe’s largest Zaporiza nuclear power plant after the invasion of Ukraine and urged the return of the Zaporiza nuclear power plant to Ukraine.
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The Tass news agency said that after discussions about the Zaporiza nuclear power plant, Russia opposed the agreement on the outcome.
“Russia is the reason we didn’t reach an agreement today,” Adam Sheinman, the US special representative for non-proliferation, told the United Nations on the same day.
“The last minute modifications that Russia pursued were not frivolous,” he said.
Gustavo Slaubinen, chairman of the NPT evaluation meeting, said at the end of the meeting that there was no consensus on the key content.
He explained that the agreement was limited to the procedural aspects of the schedule and preparation of the next NPT review meeting in 2026.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also issued a statement through Spokesperson Stefan Dujarric on the day after the closing ceremony, saying, “It is disappointing that we have not been able to reach an agreement on a substantive outcome.” I’m sorry I didn’t,” he said.
“The worrisome international environment and the heightened risk of using nuclear weapons by mistake or misjudgment require urgent and decisive action,” Guterres said, calling for dialogue and diplomacy to alleviate tensions and nuclear risks.
The conference started on the 1st of this month and was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York until today.
This is the second time the outcome of the evaluation meeting has not been adopted.
At the 2015 meeting held just before, there was a disagreement over the idea of creating a zone free of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the Middle East, so no agreement was reached.
The NPT is a treaty that underlies the international community’s commitment to contain the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
An evaluation meeting is held once every five years to solidify this resolution, review its implementation, and discuss new issues.
The meeting was originally scheduled for 2020, but was postponed in the aftermath of the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), and was held for the first time in seven years.
Earlier, Sputnik News reported that the draft results of the NPT evaluation meeting would include a request for North Korea to return to the NPT.
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