Lavrov: The world is on the verge of a conflict between nuclear powers

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in his video message to the participants of the Moscow conference, announced today, Monday, that the Western countries, with their actions, are dangerously on the verge of a direct military conflict between the nuclear powers.

Lavrov said: Currently, America and its satellites in NATO are still thinking of imposing a “strategic defeat” on Russia and are ready to do so at the cost of losing. They will restrain and weaken our country “until the last Ukrainian person”. At the same time, the Westerners have dangerously balanced the nuclear powers on the verge of a direct military conflict, which would be fraught with disastrous consequences.

Russian Foreign Minister He emphasized that the concern is precisely that the “troika” of Western nuclear powers are among the supporters of Ukraine and act as the main initiators of various provocative actions, and in the current situation, “serious strategic risks” can be observed.

Earlier, in the report of the British government, it was announced that this country will maintain its policy of nuclear deterrence as long as it is needed.

In late March, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Linda Thomas Greenfield, said at a Security Council meeting on “Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation” that the United States intends to hold bilateral talks on arms control. start with Russia and China “immediately and without preconditions”. Return to full implementation of the agreement on measures to further reduce and limit strategic offensive weapons. He emphasized: The countries with nuclear weapons must agree that none of them will be the first to use nuclear weapons, because there will be no winner in a nuclear war.

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