On Monday, the 10th edition of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) conference began.

The meeting is held in New York and the purpose is to revise and strengthen the agreement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not attending the meeting, but sent a statement in advance.

- There are no winners in a nuclear war, therefore they should never be fired, he says in a speech on the Kremlin's website, reports the Russian state-controlled news agency Ria.

- As a country that has signed the NPT, Russia consistently follows the text and spirit of the treaty, he adds.

Biden wants to negotiate

Ahead of the meeting, the nuclear powers USA, France and Great Britain have called on Russia to end the country's "irresponsible and dangerous nuclear rhetoric and conduct, and fulfill its international commitments".

In a separate statement from Joe Biden, he calls on Russia and China to demonstrate their commitment to reducing their nuclear arsenals.

The president also wants to negotiate a new New Start agreement, a disarmament agreement concluded between the United States and Russia to reduce the risk of a nuclear war.

The agreement expires in 2026.

 - Negotiations require a partner who acts with good intentions.

Russia's brutal and unprovoked attack on Ukraine has shattered the peace in Europe and constitutes an attack on fundamental principles of international order, Biden said in the statement.

In February of this year, Russia raised its nuclear weapons readiness to what was then called "combat readiness".

Something that the US condemned.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also warned this spring that the risk of a third world war and nuclear war should not be underestimated.

UN warns world of nuclear threat

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that the world may now be just a miscalculation from nuclear holocaust.

According to Guterres, the threat of nuclear war is now as real as it was during the Cold War.

- We have been incredibly lucky so far.

But luck is not a strategy.

Nor is it a safeguard against geopolitical tensions boiling over into a nuclear conflict, Guterres said when he opened the NPT conference on Monday.