The Russian Foreign Ministry today published on its website a statement on the prevention of nuclear war, which urges the “nuclear five” – the U.S., U.K., France, China and Russia – to restate their own Jan. 3, 2022 public commitment: “We affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.” Because of the urgency of the subject matter, and the fact that it will otherwise be blacked out in the Western media, EIR reprints the short statement in full below (https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1836575/):
“As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and one of the nuclear-weapon powers, in accordance with the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Russian Federation bears a special responsibility in matters related to strengthening international security and strategic stability.
“In implementing its policy on nuclear deterrence Russia is strictly and consistently guided by the tenet that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. Russian doctrinal approaches in this sphere are defined with utmost accuracy, pursue solely defensive goals and do not admit of expansive interpretation. These approaches allow for Russia to hypothetically resort to nuclear weapons exclusively in response to an aggression involving the use of weapons of mass destruction or an aggression with the use of conventional weapons when the very existence of the state is in jeopardy.
