Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday his country is open to dialogue on strategic stability and non-proliferation.
Despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, both Moscow and Washington stressed the importance of maintaining communication on nuclear weapons. The two countries are by far the world’s largest nuclear powers, with an estimated 11,000 nuclear warheads between them.
“Russia is open to dialogue to ensure strategic stability, maintain non-proliferation regimes and improve the situation in the field of arms control,” Putin said at a law forum in his hometown of Saint Petersburg. Said.
He said the efforts will require “meticulous collaboration” and will be aimed at preventing a repeat of “what happened in the Donbas today”.
The Russian leader said Moscow invaded Ukraine to protect ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine from Kiev’s persecution. He repeated these remarks on Thursday, accusing Ukraine of “crimes against humanity”.
Ukraine and the West say Russia’s invasion of its neighbor is an act of unjustified aggression aimed at seizing Ukrainian territory and overthrowing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
source: Noticias
[author_name]
