Libya joins nuclear tests banning treaty

The Libyan foreign minister Abdul Rahman Shalqam has announced Libya's joining to the treaty of total banning of nuclear tests.

In a statement he read before the UN special conference on facilitating joining the said treaty, the Libyan minister said:" It please me to announce that my country decided to join the treaty on total banning of nuclear tests." The Libyan minister added that completing the legislation to join the said agreement, according to the Libyan rule will be made very soon.

He called on the international community to pressure the government of Israel to abide by the international will provides for Israel's joining the NPT.

In his statement at the 56th session of the UN general assembly, the Libyan foreign minister called for the immediate release of the Libyan citizen Abdul Baser al-Miqrahi.