Israel must sign NPT “immediately�- G8

Leaders of the G8 group have indirectly urged Israel to “immediately” sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and respect other conventions on the weapons of mass destruction.

"We call on all states not party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, an IAEA Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol, the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the Hague Code of Conduct Against the Proliferation of Ballistic Missiles, to accede without delay," leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Canada and the U.S., said in a statement issued on the final day of their annual summit in Gleneagles, Scotland.

"Multilaterally agreed norms provide an essential basis for our non-proliferation efforts. We strongly support universal adherence to and compliance with these norms," the 6-page statement added.

"We remain determined that threats and challenges to the nuclear non-proliferation regime be addressed on the basis of the NPT," they said.