NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned this Tuesday of the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the world, particularly in China, which is expanding its “nuclear arsenal without any transparency”.
“NATO […] it will be a nuclear alliance as long as there are nuclear threats,” the secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) insisted. via videoconference, at the start of the 18th annual NATO conference on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Jens Stoltenberg believed that Russia is the greatest threat of the 31 member countries that make up NATO in the near future and that the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago is “part of a long pattern of aggressive behavior” on the part of Moscow.
The rise of “provocative nuclear rhetoric” — “ignoring, violating and abandoning most of the nonproliferation agreements that kept the world safe” — is part of a Russian strategy to “prevent NATO allies from helping Ukraine,” Stoltenberg added. up to it. .
Moscow is not the only concern, however: “China is expanding its nuclear arsenal without any transparency.”
Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance named the four countries whose nuclear proliferation is of most concern to Member States and the world: China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.
The goal, he added, should be a commitment to denuclearization and a path to lasting peace, and NATO “plays an important role in that effort,” according to the secretary general.
Source: DN
