By Sammie Jones-
President Putin has warned of an impending danger facing the whole world, as he blamed the U.S for being deceptive and refusing to co-operate with agreements towards disarmament made between the two super powers many years ago.
Putin said major global conflicts have been avoided in the past few decades, due to the geo-strategic balance of power which used to exist. The two nuclear powers agreed not to produce offensive weaponry, as well as defensive weaponry. It is not my
uty to scold someone, he said, but when the United States unilaterally withdrew from the Antil Ballistic missile treaty 1973, they delivered a colossal blow to the entire system of international security
Balance of power
”That was the first blow when it comes to assessing the strategic balance of power in the world. At that time I said I will not be developing such systems also because (1) they were expensive, and (2) we were not sure how they will work for the Americans
Rejecting Russian deals
Putin accused the U.S of rejecting Russian deals to cease weapon production, insisting Russia can pinpoint when the US will build a new missile that will directly threaten his country.
Mr Putin said: “We told them about the reactionary measures we were going to take. And this is what we did. And I assure you – that today, we have had every success in that area, Mr Putin said to journalists at the St.Petersburg economic forum.
“I’m not going to list everything; all that matters is we have modernised our military-industrial complex and we continue to develop new generation warfare.
“I’m not even going to mention systems against the missile-defence system.
“No matter what we said to our American partners to curb the production of weaponry they refused to cooperate with us, they rejected out offers, and continue to do their own thing.
“Some things I cannot tell you right now publicly that would be rude of me and whether or not you believe me, we offered real solutions to stop this. They rejected everything we had to offer.”
The impending danger was evident in the very seriousness of his words, though it all now will depend how America reacts. Threats of cyber warfare and further strikes in Syria my America, should be reviewed, and dealt with carefully. America accuses Russia of war crimes in Syria, but despite this conviction, intelligent dialogue is the ideal response. Or perhaps the matter has escalated beyond dialogue. This should not be the case, but is it?
With tensions are increasing very fast, a call for a calm and collective approach to diffuse the very dangerous state of affairs is of vital importance.
The US moved nuclear weapons from Turkey to Romanic earlier this year in response to threats from Iran.
White House lies to Putin
The White House
But Mr Putin said that the White House lied to Russia over the reasons behind the positioning of their missiles. from Turkey to Romania, in response to a threat from Iran earlier this year.
Putin continued: “So here we are today and they’ve placed their missile defence system in Romania always saying ‘we must protect ourselves from the Iranian nuclear threat’.
“Where’s the threat? There is no Iranian nuclear threat. You even have an agreement with them and the US was the instigator of this agreement, where we helped. We supported it. But if not for the US then this agreement would not exist which I consider President Obama’s achievement.
“But the missile defence systems are continuing to be positioned. That means we were right when we said that they are lying to us. Their reasons were not genuine, in reference to the ‘Iranian nuclear threat’. Once again, they lied to us.
“So they built this system and now they are being loaded with missiles.” He credited Obama for eliminating any real threat from Iran through the agreement.
President Putin
President Putin added that the US missiles in Romania are being loaded with ‘anti-missiles’ that can penetrate distances of up to 500km.
He added: “But we know that technologies advance. We even know in which year the Americans will accomplish a new missile, which will be able to penetrate distances of up to 1000km, and then even further.
“We know year by year what’s going to happen and they know that we know. It’s only you that they tell tales to, and you spread it to the citizens of your countries.
“Your people, in turn, do not feel a sense of the impending danger – this is what worries me, Putin stated, sounding every bit genuine in his speech
“How can you not understand that the world is being pulled in an irreversible direction?”
Mr Putin added that the White House could load up rocket launchers with a nuclear arsenal and no government would even be aware of the change of missiles. This all sounds worrying, but America and Russia, both aware of the high stakes here, should calm down on their confrontation. Neither of the two countries can say they are without any faults whatsoever in the grand historical scheme of the tension between them.
Top diplomatic skills are necessary in these tense times, and political voices at the highest pinnacle of government must lend their weight to seeking a solution to this crisis.
The White house may later today comment on this latest development, that keeps the world political stage in a state of crisis.