Japan Calls NPT Talks Collapse Regrettable

Tokyo, May 25 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government expressed disappointment on Monday after the latest U.N. conference reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty failed to adopt an outcome document.

The failure is "extremely regrettable," Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said at a press conference.

He also said that the discussions at the conference reaffirmed the importance of the NPT as the cornerstone of the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime.

"We will persistently and steadily advance realistic and practical efforts" toward a world free of nuclear weapons, Kihara said.

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