Syria’s permanent representative to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari said Damascus believes in the importance of the multilateral work to disarm the nuclear weapons.

In a speech at the 3rd session of the preparatory commission of the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Jaafari slammed the US over violating the treaty and protecting the Israeli occupation entity’s breaches in this regard.

“Syria took the initiative in 1968 to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and signed the agreement of guarantees with the Agency in 1992… it also presented in 2003 a draft resolution to establish a region free from WMD, but the US obstructed that step,” the Syrian diplomat said.

He noted meanwhile, that some western states helped the Zionist entity to establish Dimona nuclear center and offered it the substances, experiences and nuclear technology.

This step has enabled ‘Israel’ to possess hundreds of nuclear heads, Jaafari added, according to SANA news agency.

As for the site of Deir Ezzor, Jaafari affirmed that Syria has cooperated with the International Atomic energy Agency in a positive and constructive way regarding the nature of the site which was attacked by the Israeli warplanes, coming from the Turkish airspace.

“My country has also allowed the Agency’s investigators to visit the site in June, 2008 and freely move in its surroundings,” al-Jaafari added.

Source: SANA