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"en.20050308.20.2-157"2
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, nuclear proliferation in North Korea is a source of great concern. We are dealing with a country which has concealed its production of nuclear weapons from the international community. These arsenals therefore have to be dismantled and North Korea must sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty at once and allow IAEA inspectors from Vienna to carry out the appropriate inspections.
However, we believe that the diplomatic route is the only viable one in that region. North Korea must return to the negotiating table for the six-party talks with the USA, South Korea, Japan, Russia and China. Against this backdrop, aggressive statements from Washington are not helpful. Instead of the Bush administration’s recent sabre-rattling, I believe North Korea should be offered a political and diplomatic agreement as a
for monitoring of its nuclear arsenal.
Moreover, I believe that when debating nuclear weapons, we cannot avoid the issue of who should cast the first stone. For example, we cannot avoid emphasising the recent revelation in Italy that, in certain NATO bases on Italian soil, nuclear weapons belonging to the US are being stockpiled, unknown to residents in the vicinity. In my view, therefore, the issue of nuclear disarmament is everyone’s business and does not merely concern the two countries now under discussion."@en1
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