Friday, August 12, 2011

Powers, ASEAN to Continue Nuke-Free Zone Talks

Powers, ASEAN to Continue Nuke-Free Zone Talks

The world's five nuclear powers expect in October to continue talks with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on potential adherence to a treaty that bans nuclear weapons from the region, Kyodo News reported on Friday (see GSN, Aug. 8).
Representatives from China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States met over three days this week with ASEAN officials in Geneva, Switzerland. They discussed strategies for addressing the powers' objections to acceding to the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty.

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