China on Friday June 24,2016 continued to vehemently oppose India's membership of
NSG which is unlikely to go through as the two-day plenary of the
48-nation grouping headed towards a conclusion.
Wang Qun, Director General of China's Department of Arms Control, told that there was no consensus on the NSG membership of non-NPT countries like India.
He insisted that for a country to be a member of NSG, signing of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty "is a must".
This rule has not been set by China but by the international community, he added.
Wang warned "if exceptions are allowed here or there on the question of NPT, the international non-proliferation will collapse altogether".
Note
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament.
The treaty recognizes 5 States as Nuclear Weapon States -USA,Russia,UK,France and China(also the 5 Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council(UNSC)
Four other states are known or believed to possess nuclear weapons - India,Pakistan and North Korea have openly tested and declared that they possess nuclear weapons, while Israel has had a policy of Opacity regarding its nuclear weapons program
Opened for signature in 1968, the Treaty entered into force in 1970.
On 11 May 1995, the Treaty was extended indefinitely. More countries have adhered to the NPT than any other arms limitation and disarmament agreement, a testament to the Treaty's significance.
A total of 191 states have joined the Treaty, though North Korea, which acceded to the NPT in 1985 but never came into compliance, announced its withdrawal in 2003
Four UN Member States have never joined the NPT - India,Israel,Pakistan and South Sudan
Wang Qun, Director General of China's Department of Arms Control, told that there was no consensus on the NSG membership of non-NPT countries like India.
He insisted that for a country to be a member of NSG, signing of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty "is a must".
This rule has not been set by China but by the international community, he added.
Wang warned "if exceptions are allowed here or there on the question of NPT, the international non-proliferation will collapse altogether".
Note
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament.
The treaty recognizes 5 States as Nuclear Weapon States -USA,Russia,UK,France and China(also the 5 Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council(UNSC)
Four other states are known or believed to possess nuclear weapons - India,Pakistan and North Korea have openly tested and declared that they possess nuclear weapons, while Israel has had a policy of Opacity regarding its nuclear weapons program
Opened for signature in 1968, the Treaty entered into force in 1970.
On 11 May 1995, the Treaty was extended indefinitely. More countries have adhered to the NPT than any other arms limitation and disarmament agreement, a testament to the Treaty's significance.
A total of 191 states have joined the Treaty, though North Korea, which acceded to the NPT in 1985 but never came into compliance, announced its withdrawal in 2003
Four UN Member States have never joined the NPT - India,Israel,Pakistan and South Sudan
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