Australia, Japan deal to establish non-nuclear nations’ alliance

Governments of Japan and Australia have set to work over establishment of a new alliance of the non-nuclear nations which will come as an informal international organisation of a new kind aimed at the world security, nonproliferation and disarmament.

The alliance’s inaugural meeting is expected to be held in September in New York within the framework of a session of the UN General Assembly.

The alliance will involve 11 more countries, including German, Canada, and South Korea. There are no still any plans to involve any other nations. In particular, Japan says that the growth of alliance will affect the discussions and will make meet halfway in season and out of season, Russian ITAR-TASS agency reported.

The alliance’s goal is to develop a joint policy of economically powerful and non-nuclear countries, which will make efforts pushing Iran and North Korea to turn down their nuclear programs. In addition, it will call for Pakistan, India and Israel to accept the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The alliance will also seek for Britain, China, Russia, the U.S. and France to guarantee that they will use its nuclear weapons for holding in check and will not use it against non-nuclear states.