Maria Zakharova:
“U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance:
“Russia and China do not want Iran to develop nuclear weapons.”
He added that nuclear proliferation in the Middle East is “a disaster for everyone.”Response:
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Maria Zakharova:
“U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance:
“Russia and China do not want Iran to develop nuclear weapons.”
He added that nuclear proliferation in the Middle East is “a disaster for everyone.”
Response:
First, Russia and China do not want the United States interfering in their internal affairs in any form. And it would be good for anyone making statements on behalf of—but without the authority of—our two countries to start by acknowledging that.
For example, stop supplying deadly missiles to the terrorist regime in Kyiv, stop militarizing Taiwan, and so on.
Second, Russia and China speak for themselves: both countries’ foreign ministries have issued official statements on the aggression by Israel and the United States.
Third, Russia and China believe that Iran—like any other country—can and must determine its own strategy for the development of nuclear energy in accordance with international law, particularly the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Other countries, in turn, can shape their positions on this basis of international law.
Fourth, Iran has been developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes—which it has every right to do—and has not been developing nuclear weapons, a fact repeatedly confirmed by both Tehran and the IAEA.
Fifth, a bit of history. Perhaps the very first time the idea of a nuclear-weapons-free Middle East was voiced was in a statement from the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (then the official voice of Moscow) on January 22, 1958:
“The Near and Middle East must and can become a zone of peace, where there is and should be no nuclear or missile weapons—a zone of good-neighborliness and friendly cooperation among nations.”
In 1974, the very same Iran that has now come under attack from Israel and the U.S. initiated a discussion in the UN General Assembly on this topic, which resulted in the adoption of the resolution “Establishment of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Region of the Middle East.”
128 countries voted in favor, including the Soviet Union and the U.S.
Israel abstained.
The USSR—and later Russia—has consistently supported the creation of a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East.
To this day, the only country in the region that possesses nuclear weapons is Israel, which systematically ignores all initiatives to establish such a zone—and now, together with the United States, is bombing Iran, a country that does not possess nuclear weapons.
So, what exactly was Mr. Vance trying to say?”
The USA seems to have total imbeciles within the GOV and it matters not if they are Democrats and or Republicans…
WtR