Russia blocks final declaration of nuclear treaty review conference

Russia has blocked the joint final declaration of the tenth UN conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which ended here in New York.

“To my deep regret, this conference was not able to reach consensus,” the chairman of the meeting, Gustavo Zlauvinen, said after the meeting ended on Friday.

At the four-week conference, some states and non-governmental organisations had hoped to establish binding deadlines for the dismantling of nuclear weapons worldwide, dpa news agency reported.

The Russian delegate said that his country disagreed with five sections of the final draft, though he did not give further details, and claimed that the Russian stance was supported by other countries too.