Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the US and NATO line for a military confrontation with Russia, with the intention to contain Moscow, poses a risk of a “direct clash of nuclear powers with catastrophic consequences.”
“In the context of the West’s efforts to contain Russia, the line of the United States and NATO as a whole for an actual military confrontation with us poses a serious threat. Obviously, this is fraught with a direct clash of nuclear powers with catastrophic consequences,” Lavrov said in a video address to the Moscow Conference on Non-Proliferation.
Lavrov further stated that the West “maliciously distorts” Russian warnings on the matter and accuses Moscow of using a “threat rhetoric.” moreover, Lavrov stated. “Taking this opportunity, I would like to confirm that the Russian side is firmly committed to the logic of the understandings that were enshrined in the joint documents of the nuclear five countries,”
There is no progress in resolving the situation around the Korean peninsula because the US is hesitant to take meaningful, constructive action towards North Korea, he said. Additionally, he said that it is very concerning that NATO is attempting to “reformat” the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons “for themselves.”
