Belarus: Nuclear Weapons
(asked on 26th June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of plans to base nuclear warheads in Belarus.
This question was answered on 3rd July 2023
The announcement by President Putin on his intent to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus is the latest in a long pattern of irresponsible nuclear rhetoric. It is designed to distract and deter us from supporting Ukraine. It will not. We, with our NATO Allies, continue to closely monitor the situation and call on Russia to de-escalate, starting by ceasing its illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.