Russia's announcement of the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus shows that the joint statement by Moscow and Beijing on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, made a few days ago, was "empty promises".
This was announced by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels,
Reuters
reports .
The NATO Secretary General recalled that dictator Vladimir Putin's statement was made just days after Russia and China jointly declared that countries should not place nuclear weapons outside their borders.
According to him, this shows that such statements are "empty promises, and we should carefully monitor what Russia is doing."
Stoltenberg said NATO has yet to see any signs that Russia is following through on Putin's announcement.
However, Stoltenberg said Russia is becoming more and more dependent on China, partly as a result of international sanctions imposed on Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
"Trade with China has become even more important for Russia," he said.
It will be recalled that it was previously reported that the ex-president of the USA, Bill Clinton, said that
he regretted his role in the nuclear disarmament of Ukraine in the 1990s
.
In addition, we previously reported that UN Deputy Secretary General Izumi Nakamitsu stated that
the risk of using nuclear weapons is higher today
than at any time since the beginning of the Cold War.
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