Russia urges all countries to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Russia is concerned that the United States has not signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and invites all countries that have not yet signed and ratified the document, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on Monday. On the occasion of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests.

Moscow believes that the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty has always been the main instrument for stopping nuclear tests, but the document adopted in 1996 never entered into force.

“The fact that the United States, one of the world’s largest nuclear powers, is among the countries still refusing to ratify this important document remains a cause for deep concern,” TASS said in a statement.

Russia: Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is not enough

The Russians argue that the unilateral statements of the father. Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons Or voluntary abandonment of nuclear testing is not enough.

“The Russian Federation has consistently supported the transformation of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty into a fully functional international legal mechanism. We regularly call on all countries that have not immediately signed and ratified the Treaty to do so,” the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized.

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty – Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) provides for a complete ban on nuclear testing in all areas (atmosphere, space, underwater and underground).

173 countries have ratified the treaty but it has not entered into force because the United States, China, Egypt, Israel and Iran have not, and India, Pakistan and North Korea have not.

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