Russia has concluded an agreement with neighboring Belarus to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on its territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, the official TASS news agency reported, Reuters reports.
Such a move would not violate the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, Putin argued, noting that the United States has also placed nuclear weapons on the territory of European allies.
It will be recalled that last month Vladimir Putin announced that Russia is suspending its participation in the “New SNO” treaty, the last agreement between Moscow and Washington that limits the nuclear arsenals of the two countries.
President of Belarus Oleksandr Lukashenko has long raised the issue of deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which borders Poland, Putin noted.
“We agreed with Lukashenko that we will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus without violating the non-proliferation regime,” TASS quoted Putin as saying.
According to Putin, Russia must complete the construction of a storage of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by July 1, while the head of the Kremlin emphasized that Moscow will not actually transfer control of these weapons to Minsk.
According to Putin, Russia already has 10 aircraft capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons.
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