There are no winners in a nuclear war, therefore it should never be triggered – VG

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on Monday about nuclear war, according to the state-run Russian news agency Ria Novosti.

– There are no winners in a nuclear war, therefore it should never be triggered, he says according to RIA.

According to the news agency, Putin issued the statement in connection with the holding of a conference under the auspices of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT Treaty) in New York from 1 August.

– As a state party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Russia consistently follows the letter and spirit of the treaty. Our obligations under bilateral agreements with the United States on the reduction and limitation of relevant weapons have also been fully met. We proceed from the premise that there can be no winners in a nuclear war, and it must never be abandoned, and we stand for equal and indivisible security for all members of the world community, says Putin in the statement.

Putin also states that Russia believes that countries that comply with the Non-Proliferation Treaty should have access to technology for peaceful nuclear energy.

– We are convinced that all countries that meet the requirements of the non-proliferation agreement should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power without additional conditions. We are ready to share our experience in nuclear power with partners.

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Biden: Will negotiate

The New Start agreement is a disarmament agreement concluded between the United States and Russia that expires in 2026.

US President Joe Biden, like Putin, warned against the consequences of a nuclear war in a statement ahead of the conference on the same day.

– My administration is ready to act quickly 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. And Russia’s brutal and unprovoked aggression in Ukraine has shattered the peace in Europe and constitutes an attack on fundamental principles of international order, says Biden in a statement from The White House.

In february Russia raised its nuclear alert. Putin ordered Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the Chief of the General Staff to put the nuclear weapons forces on what is called “combat readiness”.

The US condemned Russia’s nuclear weapons readiness.

In April, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that there is a “real danger” for both World War III and nuclear war. This was later later rejected by, among others, the Swedish defense expert Gudrun Persson.

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The UN warns

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that the world is now only one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation. According to Guterres, the threat of nuclear war is now as real as it was at the height of the Cold War.

– We have been extremely lucky so far. But luck is not a strategy. Nor does it protect against geopolitical tensions that could boil over and result in nuclear war, Guterres said when he opened the conference on Monday.

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