ASEAN Pursues Dialogue With Nuclear Powers on Nuke-Free Zone
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations in a preliminary statement said it wants to join the five nuclear powers in official dialogue aimed at securing their endorsement of a regional nuclear weapon-free zone, Kyodo News reported on Thursday (see GSN, June 9).The 1995 Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone pact obligates signatories "not to develop, manufacture or otherwise acquire, possess or have control over atomic weapons," and it prohibits the storage and transfer of such armaments in ASEAN states.
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