Russia has raised the tone and has warned this Thursday that there is an “enormous” risk that a conflict with conventional weapons between atomic powers degenerates into a nuclear war. In the event of a war with conventional means between nuclear powers, “the risk of it degenerating into a nuclear war is enormous,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference. In this sense, he has assured that Russia not only subscribes to the inadmissibility of a nuclear warbut also calls to prevent any armed conflict between countries that possess this kind of weapons.
The head of Russian diplomacy has indicated that Moscow watches with concern the rhetoric of the West, which accuses Russia of preparing provocations with the use of weapons of mass destruction. “But the West itself, the United States, Great Britain or France is doing everything to increase its practically direct participation in the war that it is waging against Russia through the Ukrainians. It’s a dangerous trend“, he emphasized.
Lavrov recalled that the presidents of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and the United States, Joe Biden, signed a declaration in June 2021 that there can be no winners in a nuclear war, document that five nuclear powers later signed. “As I have already said, we are willing to go further and say not only that a nuclear war cannot be unleashed, but also that any war between nuclear powers is inadmissible,” he stressed.
Lavrov has insisted that discussing strategic stability with the US without taking into account the situation in Ukraine is not possible. “For everyone, I think, it is absolutely clear that addressing strategic stability without taking into account everything that is currently happening in Ukraine is impossible,” he stressed. Thus, he has explained that the Government of kyiv has set itself the goal of “defeating, if not destroying, Russia on the field of battle”. “How can the objective of defeating Russia not be important for strategic stability?” Lavrov asked, stressing that Russia is one of the key players in this area.
The minister has indicated that the conflict in Ukraine cannot be separated from the debate on strategic stability. “They tell us (the Americans): about Ukraine you have to talk to the Ukrainians, whenever the Ukrainians want, and that we discuss nuclear weapons and strategic stability. This is, to say the least, naive,” she remarked.
Source: Lasexta
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