In Munich, Salam stresses Lebanon's stance on nuclear weapons

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met Friday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference with Melissa Parke, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a global civil society coalition that won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. He commended the organization's leading role in promoting nuclear disarmament and strengthening global peace.

Salam noted that “Lebanon's steadfast position -- shared by all member state of the Arab League and calling for the establishment of a zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East -- is more crucial than ever, given the ongoing wars, the alarming rise in military spending, and the increase in the number of nuclear warheads after a period of decline since the mid-1980s.”

Salam assured Parke that Lebanon, which was among the first countries to vote in the 2016 U.N. General Assembly in favor of adopting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, will continue to support all resolutions that encourage states to join this treaty.