Russia Says US-Israel Iran Strike Threatens Nuclear Order
Russian Special Envoy Andrey Belousov, speaking in an interview with a state-run news agency, pulled no punches in his assessment, calling the operation "a flagrant and unprecedented act that will have far-reaching consequences" for the non-proliferation regime.
Belousov said the Russian delegation would formally table the issue at the conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), demanding accountability from the international community.
"A military operation carried out by a nuclear state, jointly with and in the interests of a state that demonstratively ignores the NPT, and carried out bypassing the UN Security Council - the only internationally recognized body authorized to make such decisions - is in itself a flagrant and unprecedented act," he stressed.
He cautioned that the fallout would extend well beyond the immediate conflict, warning of "far-reaching consequences both for cooperation within the NPT framework and for international relations as a whole."
The Russian envoy further charged that the strikes had inflicted lasting institutional damage, saying: "The bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities has caused serious damage to the authority of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its safeguards system, which are among the key supporting elements of the entire structure of agreements embodied in the NPT."
Belousov also accused Washington and Tel Aviv of trampling on Tehran's sovereign rights under international law, alleging violations of Iran's "inalienable right" to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
In a pointed closing rebuke, he said: "Mentioning even these three aspects is sufficient to grasp the scale of what Israel and the United States have done. We hope that during the upcoming forum, an appropriate assessment will be given to the aggressive and in every respect reckless actions of the Israeli-American 'duo'."
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