Japan questions the effectiveness of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

SANAA, Oct . 25 (YPA) – Japanese Defense Minister Nobu Kishi has expressed doubts about the effectiveness of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which will take effect on January 22, 2021.

“In this treaty, nuclear states do not participate, and that is why I can only question their effectiveness,” Kyodo news reported, cing the  minister as saying today at a press conference in the western city of Yamaguchi.

As the only country to have been subjected to nuclear bombing, Japan must “demonstrate the ability to lead the creation of an environment for consensus in the international community on the abandonment of nuclear weapons,” Kishi said.

Earlier, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN, announced the ratification of the NPT by 50 States, which was a condition for their entry into force.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was adopted in New York on July 7, 2017, with the support of 122 countries at the United Nations, following negotiations in which nuclear powers, including Russia, Britain, China, the United States and France, did not participate.

According to the document, participants undertake “never develop, test, produce or store nuclear weapons under any circumstances”, as well as not to use them or threaten to use them. States that have joined the Convention will also be prevented from deploying nuclear weapons to other states on their territory.

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