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Putin: No winners in nuclear war

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 1 Aug 2022 21:32
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"There can be no winners in a nuclear war and it must never be unleashed," said Russian President Vladimir Putin in an address to the Tenth Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference.

  • Putin: No winners in nuclear war
    The comment was issued in a letter to participants of a conference on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT)

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that there could never be any winners in a nuclear war and it should never be "unleashed".

The comment was issued in a letter to participants of a conference on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) in which Putin insisted that Russia remained faithful to the treaty's "letter and spirit."

"Our obligations under bilateral agreements with the US on the reduction and limitation of relevant weapons have also been fulfilled," he said.

"We are convinced that all NPT-compliant countries should have the right of access to civilian nuclear power without any additional terms whatsoever. We are ready to share with the partners our experience in the field of nuclear energy," he added in his greeting to the tenth conference of the NTP treaty.

He stressed that Moscow attached great importance to the IAEA guarantee system "as a verification mechanism of the NPT and believes that it is very important to ensure its unbiased, depoliticized and technically grounded use."

Threats of nuclear warfare

Ties between Russia and the West have been eroding since Putin launched Russia's special operation in pro-western Ukraine on February 24.

On Monday, the US, the UK, and France rebuked Russia for the "irresponsible and dangerous" talk about possibly deploying nuclear weapons.

"We call on Russia to cease its irresponsible and dangerous nuclear rhetoric and behavior, to uphold its international commitments, and to recommit – in words and deeds – to the principles enshrined in the recent Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races Leaders’ statement" pic.twitter.com/tKJCmfz2im

— Alex Raufoglu (@ralakbar) August 1, 2022

During the NPT conference, Putin expressed the certainty that all member countries are fully ready to strictly comply with their commitments and make a tangible contribution to promote non-proliferation and world peace, security, and stability.

Read next: UK official warns of higher nuclear threat than in cold war

Biden: US ready to negotiate new treaty to replace new START in 2026 

On Monday, US President Joe Biden said his administration is ready to negotiate a new arms control framework to replace the New START treaty with Russia upon its expiry in 2026.    

Ahead of the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Biden stated, "Today, my Administration is ready to expeditiously negotiate a new arms control framework to replace New START when it expires in 2026. But negotiation requires a willing partner operating in good faith," ahead of the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

Biden said that Moscow should demonstrate its readiness to resume work on nuclear arms control with the US, and so should China.    

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