Lavrov: Russia is ready to clean up nuclear arsenals

23 March 2017, 15:30 | Policy
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Russia is ready to talk about the reduction of nuclear weapons. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday, March 23, speaking at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces. However, the approach to the issue should fundamentally differ from those taken before: it is important not to quantify the reduction of warheads, but how this will affect the stability in the region.

"We are ready to discuss possible further gradual reduction of nuclear potentials, but only taking into account all factors that affect strategic stability," the minister said, while emphasizing that all other states possessing atomic weapons or striving for This.

At present, members of the "nuclear club" are Russia, the United States, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the DPRK. Several other countries keep US nuclear arsenals on their territory: officially Germany, Italy, Turkey, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada officially, and Japan and South Korea - according to unconfirmed reports.

But most of all the warheads and delivery vehicles, of course, in Russia and the United States. Therefore, when it comes to reducing nuclear weapons, first of all look at these powers. However, if you look at the map of the world, then immediately rushes into the head, as America is well settled - at a distance. Russia is not only surrounded on all sides by nuclear bases (even if there are only a couple of dozen bombs stored there, and one for a big disaster). So in the neighborhood of the extremely unstable Korean Peninsula, which is now aimed at American cannons.

Therefore, it is necessary to reduce arsenals, but to all and taking into account how this will affect global security and stability. However, until the complete abandonment of nuclear weapons, the world has not yet matured, Lavrov believes.. "Recently, efforts to compel nuclear states to renounce nuclear weapons have significantly intensified. It is absolutely clear that the time for this has not yet come, "the minister stressed..

In any case, now there is no constructive dialogue between Moscow and Washington: "In relations with the United States, we now have a pause, we are waiting," Lavrov said..

The new presidential team in the USA gives hope for fruitful cooperation in the future, but so far there are no real steps. However, the military lines of communication are beginning to improve. In particular, the minister recalled, several meetings between the Russian Federation and the US recently took place at the level of chiefs of the General Staff for the interaction of the armed forces in Syria. So we will believe that the peace talks are not far off. Especially, as Lavrov reminded, Russia is not a supporter of confrontation.




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