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Russia Disappointed by Failure Over Middle East Nuclear Free Zone Agreement

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Mikhail Ulyanov, the head of the Russian delegation on the 2015 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, said that Russia will make its maximum efforts so that the conference on the Middle East Nuclear Free Zone might take place no later than March 2016.

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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — Russia is disappointed that the 2015 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference had not reached the agreement on a Middle East Nuclear Free Zone, Mikhail Ulyanov, the head of the Russian delegation, said.

The 2015 NPT Review kicked off April 27 at the United Nations headquarters in New York and wrapped up on Friday.

“We are disappointed that the adoption of a final document including a section on the Middle East turned out to be impossible because of the objections of three states,” Ulyanov said in a speech on Friday in the UN General Assembly Hall.

He added that the important opportunity for dialogue had turned out to be missed, “perhaps for a long time to come.”

Mikhail Ulyanov emphasized the positive role of Egypt at the negotiations.

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“We’d like to express our gratitude to Egypt for the warm words to us and its leadership in creating an area free of nuclear weapons in the Middle East,” Ulyanov pointed out.

According to the Russian delegation’s head, Russia will make its maximum efforts so that the conference on the Middle East Nuclear Free Zone might take place no later than March 2016.

The NPT was signed in 1968 to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology while promoting the safe use of civilian nuclear technology. The treaty entered into force in 1970 and was joined by 191 states.

The goal of the NPT conference is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and to further achieve nuclear disarmament, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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