Russia warns of the threat of nuclear war 0
(Dan Tri) – Russia’s Foreign Minister said that nuclear war is `unacceptable`, but the threat of such a conflict still exists.
Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile in a test launch in Russia (Photo: Sputnik).
In an interview with Russian media on April 25, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia tried to persuade former US President Donald Trump to recommit to the 1987 declaration of the US and Soviet leaders that, no
Although the Trump administration rejected Russia’s offer, his successor, President Joe Biden, `quickly` agreed with Moscow and a statement on the matter was made at a summit with President Trump.
`That is our main position. We start from that position. However, the dangers of nuclear war today are still very large. I do not want them to be artificially exaggerated. The danger
Foreign Minister Lavrov praised the Biden administration’s first foreign policy move as `good and wise`, agreeing with Russia that the New START (Russia-US arms reduction) treaty should be extended unconditionally.
According to the Russian Foreign Minister, discussions with US working groups ended abruptly in February, after Russia was `forced to protect Russian citizens in Ukraine` – who had been `bombed for eight years`.
The Russian diplomat compared the current situation with the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. At that time, Mr. Lavrov said that there were not many `written` rules, but there were very clear implicit rules of conduct to
`In those years, there was a communication channel that the leaders trusted. Now there is no such channel. No one is trying to create that communication channel,` Mr. Lavrov added.
Instead of the previous tacit rules, Mr. Lavrov said that today `rules are the term used by the US and its allies when they are required to behave appropriately`.
`They no longer emphasize international law, but emphasize respect for the ‘rules-based world order’, in which ‘rules’ are never specifically explained,` Mr. Lavrov said.
According to the Russian Foreign Minister, all countries currently claim that World War III should not break out, but they are `adding fuel to the fire` by sending weapons to Ukraine and hoping to prolong the conflict.
Russia repeatedly warned that the US and its allies would transfer weapons and military equipment to Ukraine to counter Moscow’s military campaign.
