Hirokazu Matsuno, Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan, said that the deployment of Russia’s non-strategic nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory will only increase tensions around the situation in Ukraine. It has been reported TASS.
According to Matsuno, Japanese officials condemned the decision to deploy Russian nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory, which “will only increase tensions against the backdrop of Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine.”
He stressed that Japan, the only country to survive nuclear bombings, finds the threat of using nuclear weapons absolutely unacceptable.
Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declarationThe US administration does not have any information to show that Russia intends to use nuclear weapons. Also, Washington does not consider it necessary to adjust the deployment of its nuclear forces.