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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, October 22 (Xinhua) — NATO countries' hostile policies could lead to a head-on collision between nuclear-armed states. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated this Wednesday at a meeting on Russian nuclear policy and public diplomacy in the nuclear sphere. The event was organized by the Center for Energy and Security with the support of the Presidential Grants Foundation.
"Among the relevant negative factors, we particularly highlight the hostile policies of NATO countries, which could lead to a head-on clash between nuclear powers, as well as the development by this self-proclaimed nuclear alliance of schemes and means for so-called joint nuclear missions, including the expansion of the geographic reach of the US nuclear presence in Europe and the range of countries delegated to deliver US special munitions to targets," S. Ryabkov noted.
According to him, NATO's most dangerous steps include the development of a global and multi-domain US missile defense system and the associated missile defense domes of other Western countries, "the West's buildup of high-precision long-range capabilities for so-called preemptive disarmament strikes, including the forward deployment of ground-based medium- and shorter-range missiles," as well as "the plans of the US and a number of its allies to deploy weapons into space, turning it into a combat environment."
This “not only creates serious obstacles to constructive dialogue on nuclear disarmament and arms control, but also forces other states, including Russia, to take compensatory military-technical measures,” the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation emphasized. –0–
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