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Moscow: US, South Korea Joint Nuclear Agreement Destabilizes Situation in Region, World

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The joint declaration of the United States and South Korea that provides for the regular bilateral consultations on the use of nuclear weapons destabilizes the situation on the Korean Peninsula and in the world, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.
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"This development of events is clearly destabilizing in nature and will have serious negative consequences for regional security with a projection on global stability," Zakharova said in a statement.
Moscow is convinced that such further actions of the collective West will bring nothing but tensions escalation by provoking an arms race.
"We call on the United States and its allies, who, in pursuit of decisive military superiority, are implementing a number of military programs that undermine global strategic stability, to stop escalating the situation and abandon steps leading to a weakening of the overall level of security for all states," the spokeswoman concluded.
The United States and its allies in the Asia-Pacific region are expanding their global nuclear presence with the full support of other members of the North Atlantic bloc, which declared itself a "nuclear alliance," the diplomat added.
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