Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva. File photoMOSCOW, Mar 2It is time to remove nuclear weapons from Western and Eastern Europe, Gennady Gatilov, Russia's permanent representative to the UN Geneva office, said on the Telegram channel of the Lebanese TV channel Al-Mayadeen.
&# 34;The time is right to remove nuclear weapons from Western and Eastern Europe and everywhere", Gatilov is quoted as saying.
Gatilov also noted that US military bases pose a threat to Russia's security, and Moscow has long demanded that Washington removed these weapons from Russian borders. In addition, the Russian diplomat noted that the United States cannot exclude the Russian Federation from the Human Rights Council or the UN Security Council. content/uploads/2022/03/730a83258deef9e8045e9a69a47af285.jpg» />NATO has no plans to increase the level of readiness of nuclear forces