Germany proposes nuclear enrichment under UN body
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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier suggested on Tuesday building a uranium enrichment facility under UN auspices in a neutral country as a way to defuse nuclear disputes with Iran and North Korea.
In an article for the Handelsblatt business daily, Steinmeier wrote the German government made the proposal to the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). "It's not about dissuading Iran and North Korea from building nuclear weapons," Steinmeier said. "The issue is the civil use of nuclear energy. How can we ensure that states won't use the enrichment of uranium to secretly make nuclear weapons?" (Reuters)
