The international community must stand united against those whose persistent violations increase nuclear threat and proliferation risks, Siddhartha Nath, Counsellor, Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, said. Hitting out at Pakistan, India has said nuclear proliferation linkages active today have clear “Pakistan fingerprints” and an “unbridled” expansion of fissile material under the nexus between state and non-state actors constitutes the biggest threat to peace. Mr. Nath said the international community must stand united against those whose persistent violations increase nuclear threat and proliferation risks. “Nuclear proliferation linkages which are today active have clear Pakistan fingerprints,” he said. He called for India to respond to his Prime Minister’s request for a bilateral arrangement on a nuclear test ban between the two countries.

Source: The Hindu October 12, 2016 05:26 UTC