Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says NATO countries were promoting an arms race in the region, increasing their military presence and the frequency and scale of military drills there
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BEIJING, China – Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the West wants to expand the conflict in the Ukraine to the Asia-Pacific region, Russian state media reported, citing comments made at a Beijing defense forum on Monday, October 30. Shoigu said NATO countries were promoting an arms race in the region, increasing their military presence and the frequency and scale of military drills there.
At the same time, he said, Russia’s move to revoke its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty did not mean the end of the agreement, and Russia was not lowering its threshold for the use of nuclear weapons.