The U.S. is warning Australia not to sign a landmark nuclear treaty, claiming it would harm America’€™s defense arrangements with allies, the Guardian’s DANIEL HURST reports.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons would effectively prohibit the development and usage of nuclear weapons. The U.S. has consistently opposed the pact.
Though the U.S. understands the desire to advance nuclear disarmament, “€œthe United States does not believe that progress toward nuclear disarmament can be decoupled from the prevailing security threats in today’€™s world,”€ a spokesperson for the U.S. embassy told the Guardian Australia.
The U.S. and Australia, along with the United Kingdom, are working together on a nuclear-submarine program.
US warns Australia against joining treaty banning nuclear weapons | Nuclear weapons | The Guardian
