TEHRAN-- Zionist routines atomic weapons program is a serious threat against world peace and security, Irans ambassador and long-term agent to the Geneva-based UN head office cautioned on Thursday.Ali Bahraini made the remarks while dealing with Conference on Disarmament (CD), IRNA reported.Elaborating on prevailing atmosphere in the West Asia region and the larger world, Bahraini stated the world should now offer top priority to nuclear disarmament as nuclear armed powers are depending more on such weapons and the possibility of using such weapons is increasing.Ambassador Bahraini even more restated that as long as such weapons exist the danger of their usage against the mankind exists and therefore it is required the Conference on Disarmament counter such significant international concern.The conference, which was headed by the Egyptian ambassador and the CD secretary general, Bahraini said the stalemate in the negotiations for nuclear disarmament is because of lack of the needed political will by the countries that possess such weapons and their efforts to keep their own nuclear arsenals.However, he suggested, the global neighborhood needs to break the stalemate in the talks which has actually continued for few decades.The ambassador said the concept to develop a nuclear weapons-free Middle East was proposed by Iran in the year 1974 at the UN, however the Zionist routine was the only obstacle in the method of developing such a zone with its nuclear program that is completely outside the supervision of the worldwide community and the International Atomic Energy Agency.In its nuclear weapons venture, the ambassador regreted, the Zionist routine is supported by the United States and its other Western allies, and this presents a serious risk to the worldwide peace and security.Elsewhere in his remarks, Bahraini expressed deep regret over accusations by the West that Iran is partner to the Ukraine war, stating such allegations are made with political inspirations.
Irans stand on Ukraine crisis was clear since the very beginning, and it has a number of times been duplicated at various levels, IRNA priced quote the ambassador as saying.