Vladimir Yermakov, head of the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said his country would raise the issue of US biological activity in Ukraine at open UN Security Council meetings.
“We plan to complete the preparation of materials in the near future and begin negotiations with the UN Security Council on the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxic Weapons, which will be reflected in this agreement. Appropriate discussions are open, ”Yermakov said. TASS ”agency today, Saturday.
He noted that the information obtained in Ukraine confirms the validity of claims made more than once by Russia in the context of the implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxic Weapons related to biological military activity in territory of Western countries. In some republics of the former Soviet Union.
“We will request that the United States and its allies provide explanations, information, and comprehensive documentation on such activities on Ukrainian soil, rather than previous empty grounds, in order to resolve any issues that arise. and come back, ”he said. on the proper implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxic Weapons. ”
The Russian diplomat also noted that the package of documents prepared by Russia on the military biological activity of the United States in Ukraine was based on facts and evidence obtained in Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. “It is confirmed that military biological activities are carried out in violation of Articles 1 and 4 of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in biological laboratories on the territory of Ukraine with the support of the Military Threat Mitigation Agency of the Pentagon and its subsidiaries.” . Studies have been conducted on possible biological weapon elements based on particularly dangerous pathogens with natural foci with natural foci, as well as possible ways and means of their epidemiological spread. Immediate destruction of biological material is particularly necessary to prevent the emergence of facts of violations of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. ”
Yermakov stressed that decisive steps should be taken to strengthen the Convention regime to prevent such a situation from happening again and to prevent military biological activities carried out in violation of the provisions of the Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention. He reviewed: “Above all, work should proceed on a legally binding protocol to the Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention, with an effective verification mechanism blocked by the United States since 2001. Other initiatives aimed at increase the effectiveness of Biological and Toxic Weapons. The convention regime (including those recommended by Russia).
Speaking about the Russia-American dialogue on strategic stability, the diplomat confirmed the fact of the freezing, saying: “In the current circumstances, when Western countries, with their innate cynicism, choose a launching strategy of a proxy war against Russia, we must do. it determined. We will defend our fundamental interests threatened by Kiev, which has long been under control. It is unreasonable to think about the prospects for strategic dialogue in the United States. This problem comes after the completion of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine and a complete solution to the related tasks set by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Source: TASS
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