Argentina's Rafael Grossi has been ratified as chairman of the 2020 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference

Argentina's ambbadador, Rafael Grossi, was ratified Wednesday to chair the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2020 Review Conference, which will mark the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2020, which will mark the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention. ;agreement.

As he explained to Infobae Grossi himself, it was a formality in which The preparatory committee formulated the recommendation after obtaining the endorsement of the groups concerned..

The Argentine Foreign Ministry stressed that this meeting, which takes place at the United Nations, is "particularly significant"Since it also marks the 25th anniversary of the 1995 Review and Extension Conference, the date on which the indefinite extension of the agreement was decided.

In addition, the appointment next year try to leave behind failure of the last edition, held in 2015, where tensions prevailed and where a greater consensus on the issue was not achieved. It is expected that the eyes will be on North Korea, whose negotiations on denuclearization have failed, and Iran, Whose government announced this week measures that would violate the nuclear deal, if it fails to reach an agreement with the other signatory powers.

The NPT has 190 states. India, Pakistan, Israel (states that possess nuclear weapons without permission from the agreement), South Sudan (a country with less than a decade of life) and North Korea (resigned in 2003) are outside the Treaty.

In his international experience, Grossi is Former Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, between 2009 and 2013) and participated in the first meetings with the Iranian regime towards the conclusion of the signed nuclear agreement aimed at freezing the program.

In addition, repeatedly visited North Korea's military installations, as an international observer, when the Kim Jong-un regime still allowed missions abroad.

L & # 39; Ambbadador He was also at the head of the group of nuclear suppliersand in recent years, he has seemed to be a powerful candidate to lead the IAEA, since he relies on consensus and international recognition, but his postulation has not been confirmed and he has been supposed that he could aspire to this post for the next period.