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Belgian Parliament calls for reduction of nuclear weapons

Xinhua, April 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Belgian House of Representatives passed a resolution calling on the government to reduce its nuclear stockpile, according to a report in La Libre Belgique on Thursday.

The resolution was adopted at the opening of next week the Conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

The resolution is not represent a legal obligation but acts as a request to the government to commit to the liberation of nuclear weapons from the territory, according to the report.

The previous day, the regional Flemish Parliament passed a vote favouring a complete withdrawal of nuclear weapons on Flemish territory, with all parties voting in favor of the resolution except the nationalist N-VA who abstained.

Since the 1960s, nuclear weapons have reportedly been stored on the military air base of Kleine Brogel in the province of Limburg of Belgium, but this information has never been officially recognised by any Belgian government. Endit