Kuwait calls for reinforcing disarmament mechanisms worldwide

NEW YORK, Oct 15 (KUNA) -- The State of Kuwait late Monday called on reinforcing mechanisms of disarmament worldwide to maintain international security and peace.
Kuwait Second Secretary Abdulmohsen Al-Asfour delivered this statement to a UN committee meeting on disarmament.
The Kuwaiti diplomat reiterated the need for continuing constructive dialogue to bolster global stability, affirming that his country was keen on collaborating with other countries and international partners to maintain efforts for disarmament.
It is alarming that certain parties within the world community are not interested in reinforcing and implementing disarmament agreements, indicated Al-Asfour who deplored some nuclear-power countries from further pursuing steps to bolster their nuclear weapons' capabilities and arsenals.
He reaffirmed that such alarming development required a serious stance to prevent at the proliferation of nuclear weapons via implementing agreements and accords aimed at reducing Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs).
In regards to the Middle East, Al-Asfour stressed that it was important to execute international resolutions, which came out in 1995, 2000, and 2010 connected with ridding the region from nuclear weapons and WMDs.
The upcoming UN conference on establishing a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East -- to be held in Jordan next November -- is part of a solemn effort to prevent all parties in the region from acquiring such instruments of destruction, he continued.
Touching on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), the Kuwaiti diplomat said that his country prides itself to be part of the 184 signatories of the treaty, which is still not in force despite the passing of 23 years.
Kuwait is for peaceful usage of atomic energy without veering off to extreme applications of the technology, indicated Al-Asfour who revealed that his country and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were in close cooperation in this regard.
The IAEA had recently approved Kuwait's membership in the agency's Governors Council for 2019-2020; the fifth time the Gulf country was included in the council since joining the IAEA in 1964, he revealed.
On the issue of the rapid use of drones in military strikes, Al-Asfour affirmed that Kuwait was with the UN efforts to set the rules of using drones in military action, adding that coming up with legal boundaries will help contain the use of such aircrafts and also lead to more peace and stability worldwide.
He strongly condemned the use of drones in the military attack on Saudi oil facilities, expressing an unquestioned solidarity with the Kingdom against acts threatening global economy and oil supplies. (end) asf.gta