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Czechia maintains distance from recent nuclear escalations: MoD

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 2 Apr 2023 22:06
3 Min Read

Following the British-Russian nuclear escalations in via Belarus and Ukraine respectively, the Czech Defense minister Jana Cernochova announced today that the Czech Republic has no plans to station any nuclear weapons on its territory, commenting on Russia’s initiative to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

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  • Czech Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova (Photo: Vaclav Salek / CTK / TASS)
    Czech Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova (Photo: Vaclav Salek / CTK / TASS)

Following the British-Russian nuclear escalations via Belarus and Ukraine respectively, the Czech Defense minister  Jana Cernochova announced today that the Czech Republic has no plans to station any nuclear weapons on its territory, commenting on Russia’s initiative to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. 

"Nothing like that is on the table," Cernochova, refuted the idea of stationing nuclear arms in her country.

However, she also clarified that even if a potential nuclear attack was to happen in Ukraine; this would pose no risk to Czechian national security. 

"If something like this were to happen, the citizens of the Czech Republic would not be threatened in any way," she said.

Read more: Russia will deploy some of its tactical nuke arsenal in Belarus: Putin

On March 25th, Russia announced that it will station some of its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus and that it has already deployed 10 nuclear-capable aircraft in the neighboring country as a response to the nuclear escalation by the UK. 

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Russia had struck a deal with neighboring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory while pledging that his country will not violate non-proliferation agreements.

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