EU regrets Russia’s withdrawal from nuclear testing treaty

2023-11-03 02:48:23

The European Union has condemned Russia’s exit from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treatya break that the European High Representative of Foreign Policy, Joseph Borrellhas framed in the context of the “illegal war of aggression” on Ukraine and after months of “irresponsible threats” in which Moscow has even slipped in the possibility of carrying out atomic tests again.

A “crucial instrument” in disarmament

Borrell, on behalf of the Twenty-Seven, has defended the aforementioned treaty in a statement as a “crucial instrument” in matters of disarmament and non-proliferation, among other things because it opens the door to surveillance and the creation of “credible, reliable and independent” that guarantee that no country carries out a nuclear test.

“The European Union urges Russia to respect the purpose and objectives of the treaty,” Borrell said in his note, in which he regretted what he considered “a serious step backwards” by Russia, despite the fact that the treaty Technically, it has not come into force because several of the countries that signed it at the time have not even ratified it, including the United States.

The head of community diplomacy has taken the opportunity to ask all countries that have not ratified it to proceed to complete the procedures, “without conditions or further delay.” The EU, he added, “remains fully committed to promoting the entry into force and universalization” of the text, with a view to continuing progress towards “a world free of nuclear tests.”