Russian Foreign Minister comments on Lukashenko's statement about possible return of nuclear weapons to Belarus

Russian Foreign Minister commented today on President Alexander Lukashenko's statement about the possibility, under certain circumstances, of returning nuclear weapons to Belarus.

Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia: "Mr. Stoltenberg said that if Germany does not want the nuclear weapons, then NATO would move them eastward, so to say, to the former socialist democratic countries. What else do we have to explain to our Western colleagues to stop this kind of recklessness? Lukashenko simply reacted to such statements, which are absolutely irresponsible and aimed at triggering an armed conflict. It is necessary to make these people understand that it is unacceptable to transfer nuclear weapons to countries like Romania, Poland, etc., on the borders of Russia: since they declare their readiness to violate the provisions of the Russia-NATO Founding Treaty, we need to show them the futility of such undertakings by such clear examples!"

Sergey Lavrov noted that Secretary General Stoltenberg is a vivid example of how a sane politician of the national level suddenly turns into a hawk expressing the most risky ideas.