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Untitled Document Interview of Alexander Yakovenko, Official Spokesman of Russia's Foreign Ministry, to RIA Novosti in Connection with G-8 Summit in Evian (excerpted) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Daily News Bulletin June 2, 2003
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We are also going to stress the importance of tightening the WMD (weapons of mass destruction) nonproliferation regime. This is a major challenge confronting the international community in view of a likely upsurge of terrorism following the recent developments in Iraq. At the same time, we believe that this problem is to be dealt with on a fully legitimate basis without assigning the arbitrary `rogue state` status to any individual countries. Any attempts to oppose WMD proliferation by force or by a threat of force may only provoke acceleration of nuclear arms race and further regionalization of this problem. Such is our position on this issue and we are going to stand by it when discussing problems relating to Iran and North Korea.
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