The heads of the Foreign Ministries of the Group of Seven (G7) countries, at a meeting in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa, condemned the decision of the Russian Federation to deploy tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) on the territory of Belarus. TASS.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who chaired the meeting, reportedly said at a session on Ukraine that Russia’s decision would “lead to a further escalation of the situation”.
Alexander Volfovich, former Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus declarationHe said that the deadline for the supply of Russian nuclear weapons to the republic will be determined by the President of Belarus and President of the Russian Federation Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin.
Sergei Rachkov, Chairman of the Committee on International Relations and National Security of the National Assembly of Belarus (upper house of parliament) aforementionedThat Russia’s decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory does not violate Minsk’s international obligations, and also acts as a deterrent to external threats to the territorial integrity of the Belarusian state.
As the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted, the West “hysterical response” On Russia’s plans to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus.