15 Jan, 2020 10:19 /
Updated 3 hours ago
A UN Security Council
meeting. © AFP / UN / Mark Garten
The nuclear-armed countries,
permanent UN Security Council members, must work on a common approach aimed at
preventing a global war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.
Putin made the comments
during his annual state-of-the-nation address on Wednesday.
The president said the five
permanent members of the UN Security Council – the US, China, Russia, Britain
and France – carry a “special responsibility for securing the
sustainable development of humanity.”
These five
nations must begin to devise measures aimed at neutralizing any conditions for
a global war, and develop new approaches towards securing the stability of the
planet.
He previously
expressed “deep concern” over the recent flare-up of tensions
between the US and Iran, which almost put the two countries on a brink of war.
Both states did not mince words after Washington ordered the drone strike
which killed senior Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq. Moscow
urged everyone to show restraint and seek diplomatic means to defuse the
conflict.
Talking national security
and latest add-ons to Russia's military arsenal, Putin stated that Moscow
is “not threatening anyone and does not seek to impose its will” on
other countries.
At the same time, for the
first time in history, Russia is “not catching up” to anyone
in terms of its defense capabilities.
Instead, "it is
the other countries" that are racing to develop advanced weapons
that Russia already posseses.
In 2018, Putin unveiled a
number of new state-of-the-art weapons – including the Kinzhal hypersonic
nuclear-capable air-launched missile, which can be fitted on fighter jets.
Just days before 2019 drew
to a close, the country’s Defense Ministry announced that its advanced nuclear
hypersonic glider had entered combat service, with the first regiment of
Avangard-armed missiles now operational.
Another new weapon from the
2018 announcement, the RS-28 Sarmat thermonuclear ICBM, is expected to enter
service in 2021.
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