Describing the nuclear non-proliferation treaty as a "centrepiece" of his foreign policy, US president Barack Obama today said nations with nuclear weapons will work toward disarmament.
He also said he was committed to upholding the treaty to seek a world without nuclear weapons.
"...to seek a world without them. In the middle of the last century, nations agreed to be bound by a treaty whose bargain is clear: all will have access to peaceful nuclear power; those without nuclear weapons will forsake them; and those with nuclear weapons will work toward disarmament," he said as he received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.
"I am committed to upholding this treaty. It is a centerpiece of my foreign policy. And I am working with president Medvedev to reduce America and Russia's nuclear stockpiles," the US president said.
The world may no longer shudder at the prospect of a war between two nuclear superpowers, but proliferation may increase the risk of a catastrophe, he said.
The US president has vowed to achieve a nuclear-free world and has asked states which have not signed the treaty, including India, to sign it.
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