Israel submission to nuclear inspection is international demand

Egypt's Assistant Foreign Minister Mahmoud Mubarak returned home late Saturday from Japan wrapping up a weeklong visit during which he attended an international conference against the use of atomic and hydrogen bombs.

ÊÊÊ The conference was organized and hosted by Japan marking the 57th anniversary of the 1945 US droping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan.

ÊÊÊ Upon arrival, ambassador Mubarak said he outlined in his address to the conference the bases of the Egyptian foreign policy with respect to nuclear disarmament.

ÊÊÊ He highlighted President Hosni Mubarak's call in 1991 for rendering the Middle East free from all weapons of mass destruction as well as his call for an international conference to rid the globe of such weapons.

ÊÊÊ On the conference message, the assistant foreign minister said all participants agreed there must be no Nagasaki and no Hiroshima again by getting rid of, and not only reducing, weapons of mass destruction.

ÊÊÊ Several participants stressed the necessity of Israel's signing of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and that it must be subjected to international inspection, he asserted.