Sweden says it won't sign UN nuclear ban treaty

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Sweden says it won't sign UN nuclear ban treaty
ABC News

Sweden said Friday that it will refrain from signing a United Nations convention on nuclear weapons, with the foreign minister arguing that the treaty "in its current form is not ready."

Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said the text has "no clear definition of nuclear weapons and there are a number of issues that must be answered."

Wallstrom told a news conference that there is no majority in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdagen, to sign the convention. The country's two-party, center-left minority needs the backing of a majority to sign it.

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