Russia, China call on UN nuclear forum to save Iran deal

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Last Updated : Apr 24 2018 | 5:45 PM IST

Russia today urged a United Nations nuclear disarmament forum to show its support for the "fragile" Iran nuclear accord by signing onto a statement, co-written by China, backing the deal.

The head of the arms control unit at Russia's foreign ministry, Vladimir Yermakov, called on UN members to support the landmark pact with Iran to not "keep silence in hope that the situation will somehow blow over."
Addressing the preliminary review meeting of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Yermakov described the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as "quite a fragile compromise."

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First Published: Apr 24 2018 | 5:45 PM IST

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