According to the newspaper's account, the US is discussing Egypt's demand that the Middle East become a nuclear-free zone.

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NPT, and for the Middle East to be declared a nuclear-free zone.

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He suggested that the Middle East should become a nuclear-free zone.

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Among other possibilities, that proposal may have included a US agreement to appoint a UN envoy responsible for organizing a UN conference calling for the Greater Middle East to become a nuclear-free zone.

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