Russia has reached an agreement with its neighbor Belarus per deploy tactical nuclear weapons in his territory, he has advanced in an interview with Russian television. According to the Tass agency, Putin affirms in his statements that this move would not violate the nuclear non-proliferation agreements.
“There is nothing unusual about this: the United States has been doing this for decades. They have long deployed tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allies. We have decided to do the same”, says Putin in the interview.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has long raised the issue of stationing tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which borders Poland, Putin argued. “We agreed with Lukashenko that we would place tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus without violating the non-proliferation regime,” says Putin, quoted by Tass.
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