China News Agency, Moscow, August 1 (Tian Bing Liu Jingyao) Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory letter to the participants of the Tenth Review Conference of the NPT held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on August 1, saying that there can be no winners in nuclear war. , and nuclear war should never be waged.
According to the full text of the congratulatory letter published on the Kremlin website on the 1st, Putin said that since the signing of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons for more than half a century, the Treaty has become one of the key elements of the international security system and strategic stability.
Its obligations in the fields of nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear disarmament and the peaceful use of atomic energy are fully in the interests of nuclear and non-nuclear countries.
Putin pointed out that as a state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and one of its depositors, Russia has always followed the provisions and spirit of the Treaty.
Russia has also fully fulfilled its obligations under the framework of the bilateral agreement signed with the United States on reducing and limiting nuclear weapons.
Putin stressed that there can be no winners in a nuclear war, and it should never be waged.
The Russian side maintains that all members of the international community enjoy equal and indivisible security.
He said that Russia attaches great importance to the International Atomic Energy Agency as the verification mechanism of the treaty safeguard system, and believes that it is extremely important to ensure its objective, non-politicized and technically reasonable application.
Putin pointed out that all countries that abide by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons should have the right to use nuclear energy peacefully without attaching any conditions.
Russia is willing to share its experience in the field of nuclear energy with partner countries.
It is hoped that all States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons will reiterate during the General Assembly their willingness to strictly implement their commitments and make significant contributions to strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation regime and ensuring world peace, security and stability.
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons entered into force in March 1970.
The purpose of the treaty is to prevent nuclear proliferation, promote nuclear disarmament and promote international cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
The treaty provides for a meeting every five years to review the implementation of the treaty.
The Tenth Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York from August 1 to 26.
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