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Israel: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN HL1516, tabled on 15 July 2015

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 15 July on Iran's nuclear programme, whether during the visit to Israel they have plans to initiate discussions with the government of Israel with a view to inviting them to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Answered on

24 July 2015

The British Government continues to call on Israel to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state. In that regard we also continue to call on Israel to agree a full scope Comprehensive Safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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