Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a law to revoke the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) after it was approved by both chambers of the Russian Federal Assembly (bicameral parliament), EFE and Reuters reports, Agerpres notes.
The corresponding document was published on Thursday on the legal information portal of the Russian government.
This bill was passed by the Federation Council (the upper house of the Russian parliament) on October 25, after being approved by the State Duma (the lower house) a week earlier.
Russian authorities stressed that the withdrawal of the document does not mean that the Kremlin will resume nuclear tests, at least for now, as the “moratorium” remains in effect.
“The President of Russia said very clearly: we must prepare our test sites for the resumption of tests. However, in practice, the tests will be resumed only after the USA conducts similar tests,” said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Serhii Ryabkov.
The CTBT, adopted by the UN General Assembly on September 10, 1996, was signed by 185 countries, including Russia, which ratified it on June 30, 2000.
However, nine countries have never ratified it, including the US, China, Iran and Israel, while India, Pakistan, North Korea and Syria have not even signed the pact.
Source: Hot News
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