Russia calls on Washington to return all nuclear weapons stationed abroad to their homeland

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov called on US authorities to return all nuclear weapons stationed abroad to their homeland and to eliminate the infrastructure for their storage and use.

“In this regard, I once again urge Washington to return all nuclear weapons stationed abroad to national territory and to eliminate the foreign infrastructure for their storage and maintenance. Also, to stop the practice of testing the use of such munitions with the involvement of military personnel of non-nuclear states, as part of NATO ‘joint nuclear missions,’ contrary to the fundamental principles of the NPT [Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons],” Antonov said.

 He stressed that the Russian arsenal of weapons of a similar class does not pose a threat to the United States, despite “speculation” that it is many times larger than the American one.

 “All of our TNW [tactical nuclear weapons] are located in centralized storage facilities in Russia and cannot pose a threat to the United States,” the ambassador said.

Source: Agencies.