Kuwait: Israel, grave threat to regional peace, security

Tehran, April 19, IRNA -- Israel is posing major threat to the region’s peace and security, Kuwaiti senior official said Sunday in his remarks to International Conference on 'Disarmament and Non-Proliferation'.

Addressing the closing meeting of the event, head of Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry’s Office for International Organizations, Nasser Abdullah Hayyen said that Israeli refusal to sign Non-Proliferation Treaty and implement its provisions contradicts the international law.

Building a world devoid of weapons of mass destruction needs international cooperation, he said, adding that neglect of some countries has adversely affected the international conventions.

"The Kuwaiti government believes that access to nuclear weapons will endanger security of the countries," he said.

Elsewhere in his remarks, he referred to Iran’s nuclear program and said that the negotiating parties should come back to the table and that talks are the only solution to Iran’s nuclear issue.

Describing Israeli nuclear policies as contradictory to the NPT, the Kuwaiti official said that Israel possessing nuclear weapons overlooks international community’s demand to join NPT and remains a serious threat to the Arab countries’ security.

"The Kuwaiti government insists on the countries’ right to peaceful nuclear energy and urges all of them to observe the international conventions." /end