Russia’s Lavrov rejects US proposal to resume nuclear arms talks | Russia-Ukraine war News

The international minister additionally warned that Ukraine should finish its push to affix NATO earlier than any peace discussions can proceed.

Russia’s high diplomat has rejected a United States proposal to renew a dialogue on nuclear arms management, saying that it’s unattainable whereas Washington provides navy assist to Ukraine.

Talking at a information convention on Thursday, Sergey Lavrov accused the West of fuelling international safety dangers by encouraging Ukraine to ramp up strikes on Russian territory and warned that Moscow will obtain its targets within the battle no matter Western support for Kyiv.

Commenting on a US proposal to renew contacts within the sphere of nuclear arms management, Lavrov stated that Moscow has rejected the provide. He stated that for such talks to be held, Washington first must revise its present coverage in direction of Russia.

Lavrov charged that Washington’s push for the revival of nuclear talks has been pushed by a need to renew inspections of Russia’s nuclear weapons websites. He described such US calls for as “indecent” in view of Ukraine’s assaults on Russian nuclear-capable bomber bases in the course of the battle.

“Amid a ‘hybrid warfare’ waged by Washington in opposition to Russia, we aren’t seeing any foundation, not just for any further joint measures within the sphere of arms management and discount of strategic dangers, however for any dialogue of strategic stability points with the US,” he stated. “We firmly hyperlink such chance to the West absolutely renouncing its malicious course aimed toward undermining Russia’s safety and pursuits.”

The minister stated Washington’s push for restarting nuclear arms talks is rooted in a need to “attempt to set up management over our nuclear arsenal and minimise nuclear dangers for itself” however added that “these dangers are rising because of forceful strain on our nation.”

He accused the West of blocking any talks on ending the battle and inciting the ramping up of assaults on Russia.

“Such encouragement and the switch of related weapons exhibits that the West doesn’t need any constructive resolution,” Lavrov stated. “The West is pushing towards the escalation of the Ukrainian disaster, and that raises new strategic dangers.”

He reaffirmed that Russia will pursue what it calls the “particular navy operation” no matter Western strain.

“We are going to persistently and persistently press the targets of the particular navy operation and we’ll obtain them,” he stated. “They need to don’t have any hope that Russia could possibly be defeated in any means. These within the West who fantasise about it have did not study historical past classes.”

The international minister’s feedback come as tensions within the nearly two-year conflict present no indicators of abating, with Ukraine claiming the identical day it struck an oil terminal in Saint Petersburg.

A Russian-appointed official in occupied southeastern Ukraine earlier disputed this, saying that Ukraine had tried and failed to focus on a Russian Baltic Sea oil terminal with a drone in a single day.

Ukraine’s offensive lies on the heels of its steady push to affix NATO, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy most once more calling for membership at Davos, the World Financial Discussion board’s annual summit.

NATO’s chief Jens Stoltenberg stated on the summit that Kyiv is “nearer to NATO than ever earlier than”.

Throughout his press convention, Lavrov stated that Ukraine should finish its push to affix NATO earlier than any dialogue of peace takes place.