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US denounces 'loose talk' on nuclear weapons
The US has denounced “loose talk” on nuclear weapons
after Russian President Vladimir Putin mused on rising risks of nuclear war but
said Moscow would not strike first.
Putin
hinted that “such a threat is rising” during a Kremlin meeting on Wednesday but
assured that “Russia will under no circumstances use them first”.
US State
Department spokesman Ned Price, asked about Putin’s remarks, declined to reply
directly but said:
We think
any loose talk of nuclear weapons is absolutely irresponsible.”
Price said
that nuclear powers around the world since the Cold War, including China,
India, the United States and Russia itself, have been clear that “a nuclear war
is something that must never be fought and can never be won.”
We think
any other rhetoric – whether it is nuclear saber-rattling or even raising the
spectre of the use of tactical nuclear weapons – is something that is
irresponsible,” Price said.
It is
dangerous, and it goes against the spirit of that statement that has been at
the core of the nuclear non-proliferation regime since the Cold War.”
US
officials have voiced fear that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it feels
routed on the battlefield and could plant a fictitious story to justify its
actions.
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