La phrase du jour 08/05/09 - Rose Gottemoeller
"Une adhésion universelle au TNP* - y compris par l'Inde, Israël, le Pakistan et la Corée du Nord - demeure un objectif fondamental des Etats-Unis",
Rose Gottemoeller, déléguée de l'Administration Obama à une session préparatoire pour la conférence mondiale sur le Traité de Non Prolifération nucléaire qui se tiendra en mai 2010 à New York.
* Traité de Non Prolifération nucléaire
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EXCLUSIVE: Secret U.S.-Israel nuclear accord in jeopardy
Washington Times May 6, 2009President Obama's efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons threaten to expose and derail a 40-year-old secret U.S. agreement to shield Israel's nuclear weapons from international scrutiny, former and current U.S. and Israeli officials and nuclear specialists say.
The issue will likely come to a head when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Mr. Obama on May 18 in Washington. Mr. Netanyahu is expected to seek assurances from Mr. Obama that he will uphold the U.S. commitment and will not trade Israeli nuclear concessions for Iranian ones.
Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller, speaking Tuesday at a U.N. meeting on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), said Israel should join the treaty, which would require Israel to declare and relinquish its nuclear arsenal.
"Universal adherence to the NPT itself, including by India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea, ... remains a fundamental objective of the United States," Ms. Gottemoeller told the meeting, according to Reuters.
