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NATO chief urges Germany to discuss plan to remove US nukes
Brussels (AFP) Nov 3, 2009 NATO will discuss Germany's ambition to rid the country of all US nuclear weapons, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday, expressing hope that the move will not be made unilaterally. "I hope that any step that will take place in the alliance in a multilateral framework and that no unilateral step be taken," Rasmussen said at NATO's headquarters in Brussels. "This is a question which concerns all allies. It's a question of overall security and defence," he added following talks with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. Germany's new ruling coalition will call for US nuclear weapons to be removed from the country's territory, according to a document seen by AFP. "We will ask the (Atlantic) Alliance and our American allies to withdraw American nuclear weapons from Germany," a copy of the document said. Westerwelle, an advocate of nuclear demilitarisation in his country, said it was natural that there should be "political discussion and public debate on our nuclear strategy". Westerwelle's liberal FDP party insists that the measure be included in the agenda of the coalition government it has formed with the Christian Democrats of Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to an expert, 18 US nuclear warheads remain in German after the withdrawal in 2004 of 130 atomic bombs. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Russia to boost Obama's Nobel with nuclear treaty: reportMoscow (AFP) Oct 30, 2009 Moscow and Washington want to reach a deal on a key nuclear disarmament treaty before US President Barack Obama receives his Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, a Kremlin source was quoted as saying Friday. The source, quoted in the Kommersant daily, said the Obama administration wanted to sign an agreement on replacing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) before the Nobel ceremony and ... read more |
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