In a scathing attack on Russia amid the continuing military conflict, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday, with reference to the former at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), said "terrorists have no right to hold nuclear weapons".
The "use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible", G20 nations said Saturday in a New Delhi Leaders' Declaration under the mention of the Ukraine war.
The US on Monday said it insists on full compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) safeguards and called on all NPT parties to raise standards wherever possible and to condemn violations where they occur.
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry told a news briefing on Thursday that Russia's hypothetical use of nuclear weapons may happen exclusively and will be possible only for defensive purposes, reported TASS.
The protesters held placards and banners with slogans against Pakistan's nuclear weapons and the devastating effects of the tests on the Baloch people and the environment. The protesters also condemned the human rights violations by the Pakistani army in Balochistan.
The Defence ministers of Russia and Belarus, Sergey Shoigu and Viktor Khrenin, respectively signed the documents on Thursday defining the procedures for storing Russian nuclear weapons at a special storage facility on Belarusian territory, the Belarusian Defense Ministry reported.
G7 emphasised their determination to strengthen disarmament and non-proliferation efforts, towards the "ultimate goal of a world without nuclear weapons with undiminished security for all."
The document, the first of its kind with a specific focus on nuclear disarmament, highlights the importance of transparency, non-proliferation, and diplomacy in realizing this goal.
Holding a placard outside the G7 International Media Centre in Hiroshima, Toyoshige Sekiguchi urged the world leaders for shunning the use of nuclear weapons.