US Cancels ME Nuclear Conference to Protect "Israel"

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US cancelled Friday a proposed conference on banning nuclear weapons in the Middle East for fear that it would focus on "Israel".

In her statement, US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland claimed that her country "regrets to announce that the conference cannot be convened because of present conditions in the Middle East and the fact that states in the region have not reached agreement on acceptable conditions for a conference."

"We would not support a conference in which any regional state would be subject to pressure or isolation," Nuland said, in a clear reference to "Israel".
She further stated that "the United States believes that a deep conceptual gap persists in the region on approaches toward regional security and arms control arrangements.""These differences can only be bridged through direct engagement and agreement among the states in the region. Outside states cannot impose a process on the region any more than they can dictate an outcome," the US official claimed.

It is worth mentioning that "Israel" possesses between 200 and 400 nuclear warheads. Moreover, it rejects all the regulatory international nuclear agreements - the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in particular - and refuses to allow its nuclear facilities to come under international regulatory inspections.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org