The Russian Federation alone has decided to obstruct agreement on a final document at the conclusion of the four-week United Nations Review Conference on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vidant Patel said in a statement. This comes after weeks of intense and successful negotiations.
He continued by saying that Russia took these actions in order to avoid expressing the serious radiation risks at the Zaporizhia nuclear plant, which is now held by Russian soldiers in Ukraine.
The most recent version of the statement expressed deep worry on military activities around Ukrainian power plants, especially the Zaporizhia plant, about Ukraine’s loss of authority over such facilities, and about the detrimental effects on the security of the sites and their surrounds.
The largest nuclear plant in Europe, Zaporizhia in Ukraine, was taken over by Russian soldiers at the beginning of March. In southeast Ukraine, the station is close to the line of battle between Russian and Ukrainian forces.
Moscow and Kiev both claim responsibility for bombing the station. The station owner has issued a warning regarding the dangers of a radioactive leak.
The fact that all other parties supported the final draught despite Russia’s nefarious interference shows the treaty’s crucial role in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, according to Patel.
He reiterated the United States’ request to Moscow to cease military action around the Zaporizhia station and hand the station back to Ukraine.
Austria, a non-nuclear, neutral nation, denounced the major countries’ stance on Saturday.
The administration said in a statement that while more than 75 percent of the 191 governments indicated support for credible progress in nuclear disarmament, nuclear weapon states in particular, led by Russia, opposed this.
She continued, saying that the five nuclear-armed nations—the United States, France, China, the United Kingdom, and Russia—are expanding or modernising their arsenals in defiance of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons’ responsibilities to disarm.
The parties also failed to come to a consensus on fundamental issues in the most recent Review Conference in 2015.
Russia’s “obstruction” of the passage of a UN agreement on nuclear weapons is condemned by Washington.
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