{"id":14358,"date":"2012-11-27T08:22:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T15:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=14358"},"modified":"2012-11-27T08:22:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T15:22:19","slug":"us-derails-talks-on-nuke-free-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=14358","title":{"rendered":"US derails talks on Nuke free Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran, Arabs slam Mideast nuclear talks delay<\/strong>
\n27 November, 2012 – Reuters – The Daily Star<\/p>\n

VIENNA: Iran and Arab nations Monday criticized a decision to put off talks on banning atomic bombs in the Middle East, with Tehran blaming the United States for a \u201cserious setback\u201d to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The United States said Friday that the mid-December conference on creating a zone free of weapons of mass destruction would not occur and did not make clear when, or whether, it would take place.<\/p>\n

The postponement \u201cwill have a negative impact on regional security and the international system to prevent nuclear proliferation as a whole,\u201d Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said.<\/p>\n

Iran, which is accused by the West of developing a nuclear weapons capability, said this month it would participate in the talks that had been due to take place in Helsinki, Finland.<\/p>\n

Asked about the U.S. announcement, Iranian nuclear envoy Ali Asghar Soltanieh told state broadcaster Press TV from Vienna: \u201cIt is a serious setback to the NPT and this is a clear sign that the U.S. is not committed to the obligation of a world free of nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elaraby said all regional states except Israel had voiced willingness to attend the conference.<\/p>\n

He called for an urgent meeting of senior Arab officials this week to consider the developments.
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