Nicaragua’s President Urges Denuclearization of israel

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega condemned israel’s nuclear weapons stockpiles as the main threat to the Middle-East peace and stability, and underlined the necessity for the dismantlement of israel’s nuclear arsenals.

“israel’s nuclear weapons have endangered the security of the Middle-East,” Ortega said, addressing his presidential inauguration ceremony on Tuesday.

israel is believed to be the sole possessor of nuclear arms in the Middle-East with over 200 ready-to-launch warheads in its stockpile.

“We ask for the nuclear disarmament of the regime and other nuclear powers which possess atomic bombs,” he stated at the ceremony also attended by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Meantime, the Nicaraguan president strongly defended Iran’s peaceful nuclear program, and reiterated the Iranian nation’s right to access civilian nuclear technology.

“Every country has the right to use peaceful nuclear energy and no one can deprive any nation of this right,” he stressed.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Nicaragua on Tuesday to attend the inauguration of the Central American leader’s new term.

Ahmadinejad arrived in Managua after a stop in Venezuela.

Ahmadinejad is scheduled to meet President Raul Castro in Cuba on Wednesday, before traveling to Ecuador on Thursday.

Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino also defended Iran on Tuesday, calling for respect for “Iran’s right for the peaceful use of nuclear energy”.