By NNN-IRNA,
Tehran : Iran is critical of violations of the non-proliferation treaty (NPT) by certain Western countries calling them real threats to international stability and security, it was reported.
Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Ali-Reza Moayeri echoed Iranian concern over negligence of disarmament by the nuclear states during an address to a two-week gathering on “Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Treaty”.
The conference opened here on Tuesday.
Criticizing repeated violations of NPT regulations by certain Western powers, the ambassador said according to article six of the treaty, Western countries were committed to uphold disarmament.
They have not only failed to fulfil their commitments, but they have got involved in stockpiling arsenals more than before, Moayeri said.
He stressed that there was no logical or legal justification for existence of nuclear weapons while the US, Britain and France have based their military doctrines on nuclear weapons.
Moayeri said that Washington was the pioneer of violating the NPT regulations by developing its own nuclear arsenal and providing Israel with technical and engineering expertise to go ahead with its weapons programme.
Moayeri called on the Geneva meeting to follow up the cases of NPT violations by the nuclear states as its main agenda.