22 April 2017

News Story: SCO members agree to enhance int'l nuclear non-proliferation regime - FMs

ASTANA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) agreed here Friday that their countries should work to enhance international nuclear non-proliferation regime and to promote cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear power.

In a statement issued at a foreign ministers' meeting in the capital city of Kazakhstan, the senior diplomats said the SCO members should be committed to the regulations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, push forward the process of nuclear disarmament, strengthen the international nuclear non-proliferation regime and boost equal and mutually-beneficial cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear power.

On the Syrian crisis, the ministers said the international efforts toward a peaceful settlement are very important, and stressed that the only correct path to ending the conflict in the Middle East country is through talks based on trust and mutual understanding.

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