(Remarks of Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov at the conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the opening for signing of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, on June, 14, 2018, in Moscow.)

THIS conference is dedicated to a remarkable event of global importance, the 50th anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT) being opened for signing, which we will all mark on July 1.