Russian President Vladimir Putin . File photoMOSCOW, Aug 1There can be no winners in a nuclear war and it must never be unleashed, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a greeting to the participants and guests of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty conference. The text is published on the Kremlin website. «As a state party to the NPT and one of its depositaries, Russia consistently follows the letter and spirit of the Treaty. Our obligations under bilateral agreements with the United States on the reduction and limitation of relevant weapons are also fully fulfilled <…> for equal and indivisible security for all members of the world community,” the head of state said. The obligations of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to non-proliferation, disarmament and the peaceful use of the atom fully meet the interests of both nuclear and non-nuclear countries, Vladimir Putin said .
«Over more than half a century of its existence, the Treaty has become one of the key elements of the international system of security and strategic stability. The obligations envisaged by it in the areas of non-proliferation, disarmament and the peaceful use of atomic energy fully meet the interests of both nuclear and non-nuclear countries,» he noted in a published om on the Kremlin website greeting the participants and guests of the 10th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.