The US President affirmed that there must be a day to "kill" hot weapons, why does Belarus say Russia acted too late?

US President Joe Biden said the world needs to work to completely eliminate nuclear arsenals, while his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko said Russia's weapons policy "discourages" Western rivals.

The US believes that there is no benefit in hindering the process of reducing nuclear arsenals. (Source: Deposit Photo)

Recently, the Sputnik news agency quoted US President Joe Biden as saying: “We must continue to move towards the day when we can finally permanently eliminate nuclear weapons from the world. The United States is ready to negotiate with Russia, China, and North Korea without any preconditions to reduce the nuclear threat.”

He stressed that it was in no interest for these countries or the world at large to “impede progress in reducing nuclear arsenals.”

The White House chief's statement was made in connection with the awarding of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Japan's Nihon Hidankyo organization for survivors of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

However, the US President did not mention that the US government continues to actively direct investment resources to strengthen their nuclear weapons triad.

In fiscal year 2025, which begins in the US on October 1st, the federal budget plans to spend more than $49 billion to develop strategic deterrence. Furthermore, according to calculations by the US Congressional Budget Office, US nuclear spending between 2023 and 2032 is estimated at approximately $756 billion.

Biden's statement comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on September 25 that Moscow is updating its nuclear doctrine, expanding the list of situations in which it might consider using nuclear weapons, including credible information about a large-scale cross-border attack against the country by aircraft, missiles, or drones.

The Russian leader made it clear that Moscow would regard any attack supported by a nuclear power as a joint attack.

According to Reuters , in an interview published on October 13, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Moscow, stated that "hotheads" in the West had already perceived signals of nuclear weapons from Moscow even before the Kremlin leader announced the changes.

“This doctrine should have been updated a long time ago,” said Mr. Lukashenko, who agreed with Mr. Putin to deploy Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus last year.

However, the Belarusian president also said that Western missiles “would have attacked us, especially Russia” but changes in Moscow's nuclear doctrine “would probably have dampened their morale”.

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