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Vladimir Putin has issued a particular warning against a nuclear clash, as the UN says the world is “heading towards catastrophe”.
The Russian leader said there would be “no winners” in a nuclear war and that such a confrontation would never be unleashed.
He made the comments in a letter to a convention on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
“We start from the fact that there can be no winner in a nuclear war and that it will never be unleashed, and we protect an equivalent and indivisible security for all members of the global community,” he wrote.
His comments are striking as global fears over a nuclear one intensified after Russia’s invasion in February.
In a post-invasion speech, Putin referred to Russia’s nuclear arsenal and warned outside powers to oppose any attempt at interference in Ukraine.
“Anyone trying to obstruct usArray. . . he will have to know that Russia’s reaction will be immediate. And it will lead him to such consequences that he has never encountered in his history,” he said.
The convention also heard from the head of the United Nations, who warned the world that “humanity is just a misunderstanding, a miscalculation, of nuclear annihilation. “
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued the warning at the opening of the long-delayed high-level assembly to review the landmark 50-year-old treaty to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and eventually achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.
He cited the war in Ukraine and the risk of nuclear weapons in conflicts in the Middle East and Asia, two regions “on the brink of catastrophe. “
He called on the convention’s participants to urgently reaffirm “the 77-year-old norm opposing the use of nuclear weapons”; is moving tirelessly towards the elimination of nuclear weapons with new commitments to reduce arsenals; addressing “latent tensions in the Middle East and Asia”; and sell the nonviolent use of nuclear technology.
“Future generations are counting on their commitment to get out of the abyss,” he told ministers and diplomats. “This is the time for us to take on this basic and lift the cloud of nuclear annihilation once and for all. “
In force since 1970, the Non-Proliferation Treaty, known as the NPT, has the highest number of accessions among all arms agreements, with 191 member countries.
Under its provisions, the original five nuclear Powers — the United States, China, Russia (then the Soviet Union), the United Kingdom, and France — agreed to negotiate for the eventual elimination of their arsenals, and the nuclear-armed nations promised to recover them. in exchange for a guarantee that nuclear energy can be developed for non-violent purposes.
India and Pakistan, which did not sign the NPT, then recovered the bomb. Israel, which is not a signatory, is suspected of having a nuclear arsenal, but neither verifies nor denies it.