Egypt refuses to sign the CTBT nuclear test ban treaty

[The SC]

Egypt, along with 7 other countries around the world, refused to sign the CTBT Treaty.

Of the 185 signatories of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, only 8 are preventing the treaty from entering into force and they are as follows:

• China

• Egypt

• India

• Iran

• Israel

• North Korea

• Pakistan

• United State

A Security Council session was held to urge these countries to sign, but it was rejected again.

Addressing the UN Security Council, Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), said: “Our ultimate goal is clear; Complete elimination of nuclear weapons. But we cannot achieve this without a nuclear test ban. The best way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty is to get closer to this noble goal.”


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— Hans Kristensen (@nukestrat) September 28, 2021


It is worth noting that Egypt has already withdrew from the “Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty” in 2015. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi also hinted in a television interview in 2015 that Egypt possesses an unknown power that achieves balance with nuclear states.

It is noteworthy that All the other 7 countries are nuclear or at least have nuclear capabilities like in the case of Iran.. This only leads to conclude that Egypt also has nuclear capabilities..

 

[MH.Yang]

Russia and France signed the treaty?

 

[313ghazi]

Good for Eygpt. No country in the right mind would sign away their right to have nuclear weapons whilst other countries do.

I hope more and more Muslim countries gain full nuclear arms. It will change the game for the security of our people.

 

[HAIDER]

Russia and France signed the treaty?

Even if they do, they are already in the supplier group. Egypt seems still has Isreal centric policy . @dani191