Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday alerted that the United States and other Western countries are “stabilizing on the hazardous edge” of a direct dispute with Russia.
Lavrov, long time close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, made the remark throughout a video address to individuals in the Moscow Non-Proliferation Conference.
The United States and Russia continue to be at chances over Putin’s intrusion of Ukraine, which was introduced in February 2022. On Saturday, the U.S. House of Representatives authorized more than $60 billion in help to Ukraine after the support for Kyiv stalled in Congress for months due to Republican infighting. Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov responded to the news of the help plan’s approval by alerting it would result in the “deaths of much more Ukrainians.”
Speaking with the Moscow conference, Lavrov stated America’s position in the Ukraine war might eventually press nuclear powers into a dispute with “disastrous repercussions.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visualized throughout a conference in Moscow on March 6. On Monday, Lavrov cautioned the U.S. and its allies about the capacity of “a direct military conflict in between nuclear powers.” Image by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu by means of Getty Images
The Kremlin authorities started his remarks by stating the world deals with a “tight spot of crisis in the system of arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation, which shows extraordinary deterioration in the sphere of global security.”
He then put the blame on the U.S. and its allies, stating these countries “are still imagining causing a ‘tactical defeat’ on Russia and are all set to continue with their policy of hindering our nation ‘to the last Ukrainian.'”
“At the exact same time, the West is stabilizing on the unsafe edge of a direct military fight in between nuclear powers, which might have disastrous repercussions,” Lavrov continued. “We are specifically worried that the 3 Western nuclear powers [U.S., United Kingdom and France] are amongst the primary sponsors of the criminal Kyiv routine and the primary organizers of different justifications. This might produce major tactical dangers and increase the level of nuclear hazard.”
When grabbed remark, an agent from the U.S. Department of State informed Newsweek“We have actually been clear: The U.S. does not look for conflict with Russia.”
“Our focus has actually been, and continues to be, on supporting Ukraine in their defense from Russia’s unprovoked and unlawful intrusion,” the agent included. “And let’s not forget that Russia might end the dispute today by withdrawing its forces and stopping its attacks on Ukraine.”
Newsweek Reached out to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs by means of e-mail on Monday for remark.
According to information from the Arms Control Association, the U.S. and Russia hold around 90 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons. In 2023, Russia ended its involvement in New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), which had actually been the last staying nuclear contract in between the U.S. and Russia targeted at restricting nuclear stockpiles.