Putin says Russia will station nuclear weapons in Belarus – National | 24CA News
Russia has struck a take care of neighboring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory however won’t violate non-proliferation agreements, President Vladimir Putin stated on Saturday.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had lengthy raised the problem of stationing tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which borders Poland, Putin informed state tv.
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“There is nothing unusual here either: firstly, the United States has been doing this for decades. They have long deployed their tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allied countries,” he stated.
“We agreed that we will do the same – without violating our obligations, I emphasize, without violating our international obligations on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.”
Russia may have accomplished the development of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by July 1, Putin stated, including that Moscow wouldn’t truly be transferring management of the arms to Minsk.
Russia has stationed 10 plane in Belarus able to carrying tactical nuclear weapons, he stated, including that Moscow had already transferred to Belarus plenty of Iskander tactical missile programs than can be utilized to launch nuclear weapons.
(Reporting by David Ljunggren in Ottawa. Editing by Matthew Lewis and Deepa Babington)
