NEW YORK: The importance of making the Middle East a zone free of weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons, was stressed yesterday by Bahrain’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Ambassador Jamal Fares Alrowaiei stressed the need to subject all nuclear facilities in the region to IAEA safeguards and controls, noting the importance of acceding to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

This came as he delivered a speech during the general session of the Committee on Disarmament and International Security of the United Nations General Assembly.

He noted that given the strategic importance of the Arabian Gulf region at the global level, it is important for it to be free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.

He pointed out the concern of the IAEA regarding Iran exceeding the limits of the enriched uranium stockpile permitted under the nuclear agreement signed in 2015.

He called on Iran to co-operate with IAEA with complete transparency, to subject all its nuclear installations and activities to IAEA control, and to fulfil its obligations to the agency.

He also renewed Bahrain’s call to the international community to adopt a unified global strategy to curb the proliferation of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction through an effective mechanism to disarm these weapons globally and regionally.

He affirmed the inalienable right of states to benefit from the multiple peaceful fields of nuclear energy applications as long as they comply with the comprehensive safeguards of the IAEA.

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