"Indonesia supports the Non-Proliferation Treaty and rejects the nuclear arms race and will call for a reduction [in the cache] of existing nuclear weapons," presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha stated here on Monday.
Pasha was speaking on the sidelines while accompanying President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is attending the Nuclear Security Summit here on Monday.
Pasha said that the Non-Proliferation Treaty was aimed at preventing the deployment of nuclear arms and other weapons technology. Five nuclear arms-producing countries, the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China are bound to the treaty.
Besides rejecting the production of nuclear arms, Indonesia also encourages parties owning nuclear arms to reduce their weapons cache in stages, Pasha explained.
Indonesia will also raise issues relating to the security aspects of nuclear technology developments. According to Pasha, this is important to anticipate the negative impact of using nuclear technology and resources even for peaceful purposes and not for arms production.
"Efforts should be made to ensure that the utilization of nuclear [resources] for non-arms purposes will be secure," he said.
Pasha confirmed that the Indonesian perspective was being voiced to represent the interests of all peoples, both in Asia and in other parts of the world.
The summit is being attended by leaders of 53 countries and representatives of international organizations such as the U.N., IAEA and the European Union.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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