Russian security official hits back at G-7 call for nuclear guarantees from Moscow

Russian security official hits back at G-7 call for nuclear guarantees from Moscow

A Russian safety official on Tuesday hit again at a joint assertion by the overseas ministers of the Group of Seven (G-7) calling on Russia to present ensures about refraining from using nuclear weapons.

“They demand that Russia give them some guarantees about nuclear weapons, but in fact they are hinting at a future nuclear conflict between our country and NATO,” deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev mentioned in a message on Telegram.

Medvedev additional accused the G-7 of being “liars”, claiming “they use nuclear weapons, but do not repent.”

“They are endlessly hypocritical and lie to their own and others, but they say that our country is spreading ‘false information’ about Ukraine,” Medvedev mentioned, including: “And it all takes place in Japan. Where hundreds of thousands died from nuclear bombing.”

Following a gathering of overseas ministers in Japan on Tuesday, a joint assertion by the G-7 referred to as on Russia to recommit “in words and deeds” to the rules famous by the joint assertion of the leaders of the 5 nuclear-weapon states on stopping nuclear battle and avoiding arms races on Jan. 3 final yr.

The joint assertion additionally mentioned that Hiroshima, along with Nagasaki, gives a reminder of “the unprecedented devastation and immense human suffering the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced as a result of the atomic bombings of 1945.”

Source: www.anews.com.tr