Russian Foreign Minister to Conference on Disarmament: U.S., NATO Violating NPT

摘要

Days before the 45th anniversary of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrovrnaccused NATO, the U.S. and other European countries of violating the NPT by conducting joint nuclear exercises.rnRussia in the early 1990s reduced its arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons by one-third and centralized itsrnintercontinental ballistic missiles at interior Russian bases, despite ongoing U.S. nuclear modernization andrnEuropean deployment of U.S.-produced nuclear weapons that can reach Russian territory, Lavrov asserted inrnprepared remarks March 2 at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.