Russia on Friday blocked the adoption of a joint declaration at the end of the four-week UN review conference of the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (NPT), denouncing “political” terms . The 191 signatories to the NPT, which aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, promote complete disarmament and promote cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, have been meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York since August 1. .
But despite a month of negotiations and a final session postponed for several hours on Friday, “the conference is not in a position to reach an agreement”, said the president of the conference, the Argentinian Gustavo Zlauvinen, after the intervention of Russia. The Russian representative, Igor Vishnevetsky, denounced the lack of “balance” and “brazenly political” paragraphs in the final draft text of more than 30 pages. A passage of the text indeed underlined the concern of the international community on the power station of Zaporozhye, while paragraphs were centered on the Iranian nuclear program or the North Korean tests.