Egypt Rejects West's Nuclear Double Standards
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- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:56:17 -0500
Egypt Rejects West's Nuclear Double Standards
CAIRO, January 18, 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Heavyweight
Egypt has echoed Saudi Arabia's stance on the current Iranian standoff with
the West, saying it supports international efforts to fight proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction, but criticized the West for turning a blind eye
to Israel's nuclear arsenal.
"Israel must place its nuclear program under the supervision of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)," Egyptian presidential spokesman
Soliman Awwad told reporters after talks between Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak and visiting US Vice President Deck Cheney, Al-Jazeera reported
Wednesday, January 19.
Awwad said a nuclear race in the Middle East carries disastrous consequences
for the entire region.
"We have to bear in mind that the Egyptian public opinion rejects this fuss
over the Iranian nuclear program as it believes that the West is papering
over Israel's nukes," Reuters quoted him as saying.
The UN nuclear watchdog had asked Israel to give up its secret arsenal of
nuclear weapons to head off an arms race in the Middle East.
Awwad's statements on Tuesday, January 18, echoed that of Saudi Foreign
Minister Saud Al-Faisal, who heaped the blame for the current Iranian
standoff squarely on the West for allowing Israel to build up a nuclear
arsenal over the years.
Both Egypt and Saudi Arabia have called for resolving the current crisis
through the negotiating table.
Israel's acting prime minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday bluntly warned Iran
that Israel would not allow anyone who threatened the Israeli existence to
acquire weapons of mass destruction.
The confrontation between Iran and the West came to a head last week after
Iran lifted IAEA seals from a key nuclear facility and announced its
intention to resume sensitive uranium enrichment research.
The EU-3, Britain, France and Germany, declared their negotiations with Iran
dead and lined up behind a US call to bring in the UN Security Council. But
other countries, notably China and Russia, have been cooler to tough action
against Tehran.
Iran claims that its nuclear program, and especially its making atomic
reactor fuel that can also be bomb material, is a peaceful effort to
generate electricity but the United States claims that Tehran is hiding
covert weapons work
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