Israeli political sources have reiterated Israel’s policy, following last week’s initialing in Washington of an agreement for the sale by the U.S. to Israel of two nuclear reactors, of unwillingness to sign a non-proliferation treaty before a regional conference is held for an area agreement on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
That position was thoroughly expressed by Foreign Minister Yigal Allon last year at the United Nations and again this year in the Knesset. The sources said that the reactor accord with the U.S. has not changed that policy. They noted that such a regional conference was held several years ago in Mexico of which Latin America nations signed a non-proliferation treaty as a bloc. Egypt, which initialed an identical agreement with the United States for two reactors, also has not signed a non-proliferation agreement. Some other Arab countries have signed such a pact but have not yet ratified it.
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