February 21, 2023

This Tuesday, Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero affirmed that The Government observes “with great concern” the decision of the Russian presidentVladimir Putin, to suspend his participation in the bilateral nuclear disarmament agreement with the United States known as New Start. Along these lines, he stated that “peace is urgent” and that “dialogue and negotiation tables” should be convened.

in dialogue with radio with you, the head of Foreign Relations explained that “we are following the events and we view them with great concern.” And he added: “Argentina has a tradition of participating in forums related to disarmament and this is going in the opposite direction“.

Putin announced that Russia suspends its participation in the nuclear disarmament treaty

Along these lines, he emphasized that “Argentina calls once more for de-escalation. These types of escalations destroy, they do not build anything.” “We need, as the president has been proposing, a rapid cessation of hostilities, a ceasefire,” he stressed.

In this regard, he spoke of the need for peace is “urgent” following Putin’s speech in which he blamed the West for the escalation of the war in Ukraine. In this sense, he also considered that “the main thing” is that “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stops”.

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“From Latin America we have always proposed that dialogue and negotiation tables be convened to advance policies. The most important thing is to achieve peace. peace is urgent“said the chancellor.

Russia suspended its participation in the nuclear disarmament treaty with the United States

Cafiero’s remarks came following Putin announced on Tuesday, a few days following the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, that Russia will suspend its participation in the only existing bilateral nuclear control agreement with the United States. “Russia suspends its participation in the new Start treaty”said the president while calling on the Russian authorities to be “ready for nuclear weapons tests” if the United States carries them out first.

In addition, the president of the Eurasian country accused the Western powers of turn the conflict in Ukraine into a “global confrontation” arena.

“The people of Ukraine have become hostages to the kyiv regime and its Western masters, who have effectively occupied this country in the political, military and economic sense. They intend to transform a local conflict into a phase of global confrontation. This is exactly how we understand everything and we will react accordinglybecause in this case we are talking regarding the existence of our country,” Putin said.

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