Konstantin Vorontsov, Russian Deputy Head of Delegation and Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delivers a statement addressing NATO’s nuclear policies and the Western critique of Russian-Belarusian cooperation in the military-nuclear sphere. Vorontsov asserts that NATO’s long-standing practice of joint nuclear missions destabilizes global security, outlining Russia’s rationale for reciprocal deterrence measures and reiterating Moscow’s call for the removal of US nuclear weapons from Europe. He also discusses Russia’s position on non-nuclear states and their claims to negative security assurances under the NPT.