Iran to host int’l nuclear disarmament summit

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast has said that Tehran will host an international conference on nuclear disarmament in three months.

“The Islamic Republic will host an international conference on nuclear disarmament which will be held in the Iranian capital Tehran in May,” Mehman-Parast said in an interview with Mehr News Agency on Sunday.

“We believe if those countries that have concerns about the use of nuclear weapons demonstrate a realistic commitment to disarmament, we would be witnessing a world void of nuclear weapons,” he asserted. “Those who possess such weapons must also show such commitment in practice by destroying their atomic armaments.”

“We insist that all countries must be committed to nuclear disarmament,” Mehman-Parast reiterated. “On that basis, a summit will be held in Tehran with the participation of the leading international figures and nuclear experts from diverse countries.”

Iran took a swipe at the proliferation of nuclear weapons worldwide and urged the international community to help promote global disarmament in late December.

“Iran has made a suggestion for nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation to the international community,” Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili said in Tokyo on December 20, 2009.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran and Japan have the potential to expand cooperation on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation to establish a world free of nuclear arms,” he added.