The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, said that it was confusing that some Western countries reacted inadequately to the decision of the Russian Federation to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. The diplomat’s comment is published area Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
According to Zakharova, the concerns expressed in this context by Western countries are probably directed at an audience “unaware of the long-term practice of self-proclaimed Western mentors in this area”.
The representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also reminded the existence of indisputable facts pointing out that it was NATO countries that introduced the concept of “so-called” joint nuclear missions “and have been following it for decades”. At the heart of this concept, as the diplomat emphasized, are US nuclear weapons located in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.
March 25 Russian President Vladimir Putin declarationOn July 1, 2023, the construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons will be completed in Belarus. The Russian president stressed that the Russian Federation did not transfer nuclear weapons to Belarus, but is doing what the USA has been doing for decades – it will deploy them in Belarus and train military personnel, like the USA in Europe.
Source: Gazeta
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