KL pushing for ban on nuke arms<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will push for the early
\ncompletion of a draft treaty banning nuclear weapons in Southeast
\nAsia during the ASEAN Summit in Bangkok later this month, news
\nreports said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Malaysia's Foreign Ministry deputy secretary-general Hasmy
\nAgam was quoted saying such a zone would complement the Roratonga
\nTreaty of the South Pacific Nuclear-free Zone, thereby making
\nmost of the Pacific region nuclear-free,<\/p>\n
"We believe the acquisition, use or threat of use of these
\nweapons of mass destruction is morally wrong," he told the New
\nSunday Times.<\/p>\n
The heads of the governments of Association of Southeast Asian
\nNations member countries will be at the Bangkok summit scheduled
\nfor Dec. 14. The seven-member ASEAN grouping is also pushing
\nahead to include Laos, Cambodia and Burma by the end of the
\ndecade.<\/p>\n
Hasmy lambasted the nuclear-weapon states' doctrine of
\ndeterrence based on the logic of mutually-assured destruction,
\ndescribing it as myopic and suicidal.<\/p>",
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