Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Nuclear official calls for India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea to join disarmament talks

June 10, 2008 - SYDNEY, Australia: The world may need a new nuclear weapons treaty that includes India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea, an Australian official said Tuesday.

Former foreign minister Gareth Evans, who was appointed chairman of a new international body for nuclear disarmament, said nuclear powers who currently refuse to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty had to be included in a new process if the world were to abandon nuclear weapons.

"We've got to bring in India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea — all those that are presently with weapons but outside that framework," Evans told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio from Romania. More >>>