Moscow expects government approval of the five nuclear powers – Russia, the United States, Britain, France and China – to help reduce international tensions. So the publication of the statement was explained by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, informs press service of the department.

The diplomat noted that the statement was prepared at the initiative of Moscow. “Its promulgation was supposed to be tied to the beginning of the X Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. It was supposed to open in New York on January 4, but was postponed due to the worsening epidemiological situation in the United States. – added Zakharova.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, in turn, that the promulgated statement does not exclude the need for a summit of the permanent members of the UN Security Council (that is, the five nuclear powers), reports RIA News…

As the leaders of the nuclear “five” noted in their statement, atomic weapons should serve defensive purposes and be aimed only at curbing the aggression of all players in the international arena. “We believe that further proliferation of such weapons must be prevented …”, a statement on the Kremlin’s website said on January 3.