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AFP: Australia, US to lay path for nuclear disarmament

Australia, US to lay path for nuclear disarmament

Google News 9 April 09 WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States holds high-level security talks with Australia as the longtime allies find a new convergence of views on the need to abolish nuclear weapons.

Afghanistan and North Korea’s long-range missile test will also figure high on the agenda for the full-day annual meeting, which brings together the two countries’ foreign affairs and defense chiefs.

The session marks the first substantive talks between the Pacific nations since US President Barack Obama held a warm first summit with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at the White House two weeks ago…………………….The talks come days after Obama delivered a major speech in Prague where he laid out a vision for a world without nuclear weapons………………………..

Obama has sharply changed course, saying he will ask the Senate to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which bars any nuclear explosions for any purpose around the world.

But a number of countries remain holdouts to the test ban treaty, among them China, India, Israel, North Korea and Pakistan.

AFP: Australia, US to lay path for nuclear disarmament

April 10, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized