Disarmament Commission: India: Wants meaningful dialogue among nations possessing Nuclear Weapons to build trust

9th April 2015

India has suggested a “meaningful dialogue” among all nations possessing nuclear weapons to build trust and confidence and to reduce the salience of atomic weapons in security doctrines. Ambassador DB Venkatesh Varma yesterday said India has supported the proposal put forward by the Non-Aligned Movement for the Conference on Disarmament to commence talks on a Comprehensive Nuclear Weapons Convention.  “We have called for a meaningful dialogue amongst all states possessing nuclear weapons to build trust and confidence and for reducing the salience of nuclear weapons in international affairs and security doctrines,” Varma said at a session of the UNDC here.  “India attaches the highest priority to global, non- discriminatory, verifiable nuclear disarmament and the complete elimination of nuclear weapons in a time bound manner,” he said. (PTI)

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[source: The Economic Times]