Germany and China have agreed to reject any use of nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, the head of the German government said on Friday during a visit to Beijing, after Russia repeatedly alluded to this threat.
“The war in Ukraine creates a dangerous situation for the whole world… and everyone in China knows that an escalation would have consequences for the whole world,” Olaf Scholz told reporters.
“This is the reason why it was very important to me (…) to say clearly that an escalation” of the war “in the form of the use of a tactical nuclear weapon must be excluded, and I am glad that on this subject at least reached an agreement”.
Scholz paid a one-day visit to Beijing on Friday, where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the head of the government.
Although China is officially neutral in the Ukrainian conflict, the West criticizes a tacit support for Moscow.
The United States this week was “increasingly concerned” about a possible nuclear attack by Russia.
On Tuesday, the former Russian president and current number two of the Security Council, Dmitri Medvedev, once again evoked the use of nuclear weapons.
The Ukrainian will to recover all the occupied territories “threatens the existence of our state” and offers “a direct reason” to use “nuclear deterrence means”, he declared.
Vladimir Putin had also alluded to the atomic bomb in a televised speech on September 21.
Russia for its part accused Ukraine of preparing to use “dirty bombs” against its troops.
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