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Former International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei regarded Israel as a state possessing nuclear weapons. (Wikipedia)

Even more strikingly, India is the only state possessing nuclear weapons that co-sponsors and votes for the UN General Assembly resolution on “Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons” [...] (The Wire)

Likewise, China's proposal was flawed because it would give North Korea the recognition it craves as a state possessing nuclear weapons. (U.S. News & World Report)