Exclusive: leaked emails reveal prospects for nuclear disarmament are bleak’ as Australia becomes increasingly lonely in opposing 116-nation push treatyProspects for nuclear disarmament are “bleak” under the current non-proliferation treaty,Australian diplomats have conceded in cables back to Canberra, but the country will resist growing global support for a new treaty banning nuclear weapons because of a dependence on the nuclear deterrent capability of the US.
A tranche of internal government emails from within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade reveals Australia’s opposition to a 116-nation push to ban nuclear weapons is leaving it increasingly loney globally, or particularly among anti-nuclear neighbours.
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Source: theguardian.com