The involvement of the United States and NATO in the war in Ukraine risks bringing “catastrophic consequences”, Russia warned Thursday in a speech boycotted by many Western diplomats.
GENEVA,Switzerland –
Ryabkov spoke before a largely empty chamber, with many Western diplomats especially opting to symbolically gather for a nearby photo opportunity in front of a mural painted in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag during his scheduled speaking time. “Until Russia takes its tanks out of the field of Ukraine… we are here to show support to our Ukrainian colleague,” British ambassador Simon Manley said. The Conference on Disarmament, or CD, is the world’s most foremost multilateral disarmament forum. It was created in 1979 to try to stem the Cold War arms race.
At the opening of the CD session on Monday, US under secretary of state for arms control and international security Bonnie Jenkins criticised Russia’s suspension of participation in New START, the last nuclear arms control pact between Moscow and Washington. “At the same time, as it was already stated, we will continue to comply with the quantitative limits on strategic offensive arms,” he told the CD.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a video address to that council Thursday morning, stressing the need for it to extend a high-level war crimes investigation, a so-called Commission of Inquiry, into Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
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