Jassem al-Najem, a diplomat of the Kuwaiti permanent mission to UN, made the remarks Wednesday night before the UN General Assembly's first committee talks on "Disarmament and International Security".

Kuwait calls on Iran to give diplomatic time to reach a peaceful solution, A-Najem said, stressing that more regional crises could be avoided through flexibility, wisdom and responsibility.

He warned of the environmental dangers that might occur due to establishment of Bushehr's nuclear reactor along the Gulf coast, especially for those neighboring states that depend on desalination of sea water as a main source for tap water.

Meanwhile, al-Najem shed light once again on Kuwait's demand that Israel should immediately join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), especially as it is the last non-NPT member in the Middle East.