London, May 28: A British lawmaker says in order to create a nuclear-free Middle East Israel should join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
“There are a number of countries that clearly have nuclear weapons, with India, Pakistan and Israel being the three best known,” Jeremy Corbyn, a Labour member of the British parliament told Press TV in an interview on Thursday.
“India and Pakistan were originally members of the NPT but withdraw from it. Israel has never been a signatory to the NPT, yet is believed to have 200 nuclear warheads,” Corbyn added.
He noted that according to a report published in The Guardian earlier this week, Israel tried to provide South Africa with nuclear weapons during the Apartheid era.
“If there is to be a nuclear-free Middle East, it clearly requires all countries in the region not to develop any nuclear weapons whatsoever,” the British lawmaker said.
“It must include Israel’s possession of nuclear weapons, decommissioning and disarmament of them. That is the way forward,” Corbyn concluded.
——–Agencies