Russian Nuclear Weapons in Belarus: Ukraine's MFA Demands to Convene UN Security Council and Send Signal to Lukashenko
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine officially responded to Russia's intention to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that Russia's intention to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is another provocative step by the Putin’s criminal regime, which undermines the principles of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the nuclear disarmament architecture and the international security system as a whole.
Ukraine calls on the Belarusian society to prevent the implementation of criminal intentions to deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus in violation of its obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which will further turn the country into a hostage of the Kremlin and have catastrophic consequences for its future.
"We call on the G7 states and the European Union to warn the Belarusian authorities of the far-reaching consequences for Belarus if it agrees to deploy tactical nuclear weapons from Russia on its territory," Ukraine's MFA claims.
Ukraine expects efficient actions to counteract the Kremlin's nuclear blackmail from the United Kingdom, China, the United States and France, including them as permanent members of the UN Security Council, which have a special responsibility to prevent threats of aggression using nuclear weapons.
"We demand that an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council be convened immediately for this purpose."
Ukraine called on all members of the international community to convey the categorical unacceptability of its latest nuclear provocations to Putin’s criminal regime and to take decisive measures to prevent any possibility of the aggressor state using nuclear weapons.
The US Department of Defense said on Saturday that there were no indications that Russia was preparing to use nuclear weapons after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
Berlin has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of a nuclear intimidation attempt.