Russia blocks UN nuclear treaty agreement over Zaporizhzhia clause
Posted: 27th August 2022
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Cooling towers of a nuclear power plant. Russia has blocked an agreement at the UN that was aimed at bolstering the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Photograph: Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty Images
Julian Borger in Washington
Sat 27 Aug 2022 03.52 BST
Russia has blocked an agreement at the United Nations that was aimed at bolstering the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) because Moscow objected to a clause about control over the Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine.
Russia has blocked an agreement at the United Nations that was aimed at bolstering the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) because Moscow objected to a clause about control over the Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine.