CAIRO – 5 August 2022: Egypt’s Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations Osama Abdel Khalek affirmed the need that the nuclear-weapon countries fulfill their multilateral legal obligations regarding nuclear disarmament, state’s news agency MENA reported. Abdel Khalek shed light on the serious developments linked to the formation of new security alliances that directly pose a threat to the nuclear non-proliferation regime and will have a negative impact on nuclear disarmament efforts. This is in addition to the fact that nuclear disarmament is mainly a legal obligation that should not be linked to estimates or political alignments. Any measures taken to reduce nuclear risks should not be a substitute for nuclear disarmament, the Egyptian envoy said. Grossi hailed Egypt's central contributions - on the regional and international scales - in the field of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, asserting the agency's support to the country’s Dabaa nuclear project.

Source: Egypt Today August 05, 2022 13:02 UTC