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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R), flanked by Russia's newly-appointed UN Ambassador Gennady Gatilov, addresses the UN disarmament conference in Geneva, February 28, 2018
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R), flanked by Russia's newly-appointed UN Ambassador Gennady Gatilov, addresses the UN disarmament conference in Geneva, February 28, 2018
Addressing the United Nations Conference on Disarmament on Wednesday, Lavrov said the US military had deployed strategic and non-strategic weapons across Europe and was using them in joint military exercises with other European countries, including the NATO military alliance's non-nuclear members.
"As we all know, these nuclear missions violate the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and non-nuclear states plan and take part in the US exercises and learn how to use the nuclear weapons," he said.
Comment: So "the Party" in both China and the U.S. censor views on social media. That's the real issue here. Freedom of speech is curtailed to varying degrees all over the planet. It's a problem we haven't solved yet - in the east or the west. As for the upcoming decision to allow Xi to be president for life, that's not such a big deal. If a leader does a good job and retains the support of his people, it would serve his nation better for him to stay in office for as long as possible. The danger, of course, is that he will become a tyrant. So far, Xi hasn't given any indication that he is a tyrant. We have to agree with Sarah Sanders here: if that's what China wants to do, that's China's decision.