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Iran: Nuclear disarmament most important step towards safe world

18 April 2010 04:31 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Saturday that nuclear disarmament is the most important step towards safe world, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, APA reports quoting News.xinhuanet.com web-page.

"Nuclear disarmament is the most important step towards the safe world," Jalili said, adding that "the international community should take measures on the issue with all of its potentials."

Jalili, who is also secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), made the remarks when addressing the International Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation held in Tehran.

He called for setting a specified timetable for annihilating nuclear weapons, the report said.

Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called for the launch of global establishment to supervise nuclear weapons disarmament.

To implement disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, "the formation of an independent international group to plan and to supervise the disarmament of nuclear weapons and its non-proliferation" is proposed, Ahmadinejad said.