Listen to India’s voice on nuclear disarmament: ElBaradei
September 29th, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Hailing India as a “leading advocate” for nuclear disarmament, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohammad ElBaradei Tuesday asked the world to listen to its “voice” on eliminating nuclear weapons.
“India called for the elimination of all nuclear weapons as far back as 1948. It is important that India’s voice should continue to be heard as a leading advocate for nuclear disarmament,” he said at an international conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy here.
ElBaradei called for reducing the salience of nuclear weapons in security doctrines of countries. “We have to start laying the groundwork for a global security system that does not depend on nuclear weapons,” he said.
It has to be a system built on human solidarity and equity; a system based on cooperation and not confrontation; on inclusion and not exclusion, ElBaradei stressed.
Alluding to then Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s 1988 plan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday rooted for “universal, comprehensive and non-discriminatory” nuclear disarmament and reiterated India’s commitment to prevent the proliferation of all weapons of mass destruction.
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