Russia will not join the Treaty to ban nuclear weapons (the NPT by), said foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a meeting of the security Council of the United Nations on issues on the prohibition of nuclear weapons. About it is notified on the Internet representative office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The NPT by signed in the headquarters of the UN on 7 July 2017 Authorised 53 countries besides Guyana, Thailand and the Vatican has already ratified it. However, Russia, USA, China and other nuclear powers did not sign the Treaty.

"Russia does not want to join the NPT by. We believe that the complete elimination of nuclear weapons is only possible in the context of General and complete disarmament under conditions of equal and indivisible security for all, and for holders of nuclear weapons, as envisaged by the NPT (Treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.
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