Israel is the main impediment to the universality of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, says Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in New York.
Zarif is in the US for the 2015 review conference for the NPT but he is likely to also meet with representatives of the P5+1 on the sidelines of the conference.
Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at a press conference at Necessidades Palace in Lisbon, April 15, 2015. (AFP/Patricia De Melo Moreira)
“The NPT states and all non-nuclear armed countries as a whole are all pursuing the same objective and that is to reach a balance among the three pillars of the Treaty; especially on the issue of nuclear disarmament, those who own nuclear weapons, Israel in particular, commit the most violations in regard to the provisions of the Treaty,” says Zarif, according to Iranian news agency Mehr News.
Israel, like India, Pakistan and North Korea, is not a signatory to the NPT.
Zarif also discussed the issue of lifting sanctions in any future nuclear accord between Iran and world powers: “We have maintained since day one that an agreement and sanctions do not go hand in hand; we have repeatedly noted that based on the framework we reached during negotiations in Lausanne, the sanctions will be lifted with the implementation of the agreement and the Security Council resolutions against Iran will be canceled by a new resolution.”
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