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Russia moves to revive plans for conference on WMDs in Middle East
Source: Reuters
Russia moves to revive plans for conference on WMDs in Middle East
By REUTERS
09/30/2013 20:16
MOSCOW - Russia wants to revive plans for a conference on ridding the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction now that Syria has pledged to abandon its chemical arms, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments published on Monday.
Such a move could put Moscow at odds with Washington which announced the conference would be delayed last year. Analysts said it feared the event would be used to criticize its ally Israel, believed to be the region's only nuclear-armed state.
Russia has been pushing to extend its influence in the Middle East. It initiated a UN deal to get Syria to abandon its chemical arms after Washington threatened military strikes to punish Damascus for a sarin gas attack on rebel areas.
"We will seek to have this conference take place," Lavrov said in an interview with the Russian daily Kommersant.
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By REUTERS
09/30/2013 20:16
MOSCOW - Russia wants to revive plans for a conference on ridding the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction now that Syria has pledged to abandon its chemical arms, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments published on Monday.
Such a move could put Moscow at odds with Washington which announced the conference would be delayed last year. Analysts said it feared the event would be used to criticize its ally Israel, believed to be the region's only nuclear-armed state.
Russia has been pushing to extend its influence in the Middle East. It initiated a UN deal to get Syria to abandon its chemical arms after Washington threatened military strikes to punish Damascus for a sarin gas attack on rebel areas.
"We will seek to have this conference take place," Lavrov said in an interview with the Russian daily Kommersant.
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Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Russia-moves-to-push-forward-conference-on-WMDs-in-Middle-East-327493
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Is there some reason pressure isn't put on Israel to ratify the NPT and get rid of its own chemical and biological weapons?
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