U.S. President Joe Biden expressed concern over Russian President Putin’s plan to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus, calling it a “dangerous” kind of talk.
Biden blasted Putin’s statement to deploy Russian nuclear weapons in its neighboring country, Belarus.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Biden said and quote, this is a dangerous kind of talk and it’s worrisome.
“This is dangerous kind of talk and it’s worrisome,” President Joe Biden, United States of America.
Putin earlier announced that he plans to deploy Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, run by his close ally, President Alexander Lukashenko.
The U.S. denounced the plan. However, Biden said his country’s officials have seen no sign of Russia actually moving any nukes into Belarus.
Putin recently revealed that his country’s tactical nukes might arrive in Belarus as early as this summer, and the site in the said country will be ready by July 1, and that Russia does not plan to hand over control of any tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus and that it would only deploy its own arms there.
Putin’s announcement received an outcry globally, especially from the west, and Ukraine, on the other hand, sought an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council over Russia’s decision.
Belarus also received a warning from the European Union, with EU President Josep Borrell stating that the bloc will respond with further sanctions if Minsk continues with its plans to host Russian nukes on its soil.
“Belarus hosting Russian nuclear weapons would mean an irresponsible escalation and threat to European security. Belarus can still stop it. It is their choice. The EU stands ready to respond with further sanctions,” said Josep Borrell, EU president.
But Russia insists that it will not change its plans of deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Moscow’s key ally, Belarus.
Putin argued that his decision to deploy nukes in Belarus was prompted by the United Kingdom’s move to provide Ukraine with depleted uranium munitions.
Washington said depleted uranium shells are a commonplace type of munition that has been in use for decades.
London, on the other hand, insists that such munitions have no consequences.
But the Russian president rejected U.K’s stance and cited expert data that such munitions that bombarded Yugoslavia and Iraq resulted in the increasing number of cancer cases among its citizens.
The defense ministry of Russia, meanwhile, warned that using it could trigger a radioactive disaster in Ukraine, citing the aftermath of its use by NATO in Iraq.
