Israel’s nuclear arms were seen by British officials as the major obstacle to achieving a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East, declassified files from the 1990s show

Israel’s nuclear arms programme was seen as the major obstacle to achieving a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East, declassified files from 1993 show.

An agreement to introduce such a zone could have curbed Iran’s nuclear ambitions which were then described as being at an “early stage”.

While the UK government supported a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East at this time, officials in the Foreign Office saw the “chief problem” to its implementation being Israel’s failure to sign up the UN’s Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

  • kreskin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Zionist’s eternal unhinged violence and war crimes are the entire worlds chief problems in many different ways.