Egypt Slams EU For UN Nuclear Vote Abstention
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Ramzan 9, 1428 A.H.
CAIRO: Egypt criticised the European Union on Friday for failing to support a UN atomic watchdog resolution calling on all Middle East nations to renounce atomic weapons — a clear reference to Israel’s undeclared arsenal.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed the resolution with a 53-2 vote on Thursday, but 47 abstentions by Western and developing states exposed reservations that the move politicised the UN agency’s work.
The Egyptian foreign ministry signalled out EU states in its criticism for the lack of Western support for the non-binding resolution, which highlighted Arab frustration about Israel’s presumed nuclear might.
“The European Union movement was a clear contradiction with the principles it claims to defend regarding nuclear disarmament and the prevention of nuclear proliferation,” the official Middle East News Agency quoted a ministry statement as saying.
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