During the UN General Assembly, Joe Biden's response to Vladimir Putin , who this morning announced the military mobilization and threatened the West, also evoking the possibility of using nuclear weapons, came from the UN General Assembly in New York.
The US president has called the nuclear threats of his Russian counterpart " reckless and irresponsible ", underlining that Washington is carrying out a "non-proliferation" program because a nuclear war " can never be won and must not be done ".
"We have a permanent member of the Security Council who invaded a neighbor of his with the aim of taking him off the map, violating the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter ," Biden said, noting that today Putin "has sent more threats" and focusing on the referendum for the annexation of the occupied Ukrainian regions to Moscow.
That referendum, he remarked, "is a farce , a huge violation of international law and the sovereignty of Ukraine".
Putin " wants to annihilate Ukraine's right to exist ", added the White House tenant, saying that the US wants the war to end, but "on the basis of just conditions". Because “if a country can pursue imperial ambitions while going unpunished, this puts at risk everything the United Nations is fighting for”.
Biden, stressing that the US does not want conflicts and is not in the Cold War with anyone, "not even with China", also re-launched the need to reform the UN Security Council, saying he was in favor of increasing members and stopping the system "Paralyzing" vetoes (among the countries with the right of veto there is also Russia)
