John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Certainly I can say that Australia shares the international community’s concerns over Burma’s possible nuclear weapons aspirations and its relationship, also, with the DPRK. Obviously a nuclear armed Burma would be a serious threat to regional and international security and a setback to efforts to advance nuclear disarmament and the non-proliferation regime. Certainly also Australia would call on the Burmese government to be transparent about any nuclear activities. Burma’s membership of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty requires it to place any nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, and Australia expects Burma to abide by its obligations under the treaty. (Time expired)