The United States is deploying nuclear weapons in Europe, which indicates that its use is being prepared with the permission of the non-nuclear European countries themselves. Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Vladimir Ermakov has expressed his opinion in an interview with RIA Novosti.
“Unfortunately, some countries dependent on Washington pretend that nothing is happening, or they are simply afraid to even think about the provocative nature of the fact that in the 21st century Europe is preparing to use nuclear weapons with connecting non-nuclear states”, the agency quotes the Diplomat.
In Ermakov’s opinion, within the context when, “it would seem, civilized European countries continue to thoughtlessly put themselves on the brink of nuclear catastrophe and complete self-destruction”, it is impossible to talk about strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
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