Call For U. S. President Donald Trump To Rescind His Aggressive Rhetoric On Russia
To the New African Charter International (NACI), there is no substitute to peace and security, and the two cannot be achieved through threatening the world's most powerful military nation, that is Russia. It was reported worldwide that President Trump has issued a 10-12 days provocative ultimatum to attack Russia's nuclear arsenals if Moscow fails to yield to the desires of the Nazis enclave in the Ukraine, for a ceasefire on the Ukrainian conflict. Earlier, Trump and its western European allies had imposed sanctions that are designed to kill Russians, cause long-term physical and mental injury, and damage the Russian economy.
The New African Charter International critically observes and unequivocally condemns Trump's vile, unwarranted and harmful rhetoric regarding Russia's Special Military Operation in Ukraine, which has become headlines in the news and social media. In general, we forcefully oppose the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) efforts at escalation of tension between the alliance and Russia over the Nazis enclave in Ukraine.
NACI fully supports alternative efforts to NATO's neo-Nazis agenda of domination and remote control; and stand in solidarity with Russia and the Russian people. We wish to recognize the remarkable courage of the Russian people for rallying their support behind their leaders, especially the youths, who took to the streets recently, to vent out their grievances towards NATO members who want to be seen as hostile forces against Russia, and who aided also the Ukrainian Nazis enclave's evil attack on Russia's territory, dubbed: 'Operation Spider Web'.
We want to make it very clear to Mr Trump and NATO that their provocative and disrespectful mentality towards Russia is a source of profound concern for the entire global community. We unequivocally denounce these unnecessary escalation, red tagging, hatreds, inflammatory and violent statements, which constitute grave danger to the peace, security, and stability of the global community, with far reaching consequences.
No Russian territory would be the Hiroshima or Nagasaki of the 21st century; Russia is not Libya, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Nigeria, the Sahel region, Sri Lanka, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo or Mozambique where leaked documents have revealed the role of the US and NATO allies in the mass killings and cleansing campaign. Russia, like any other members-state of the United Nations reserves the right to defending its independent sovereignty and territorial integrity against any outside threats, no matter who would be the forces that may be behind such an evil agenda.
Again, we want to warn the US and NATO to abandon their dangerous nuclear war project on Russia as such plan would lead the whole world into a devastating catastrophe. Russia, if attack as Donald Trump is threatening to do, will spare no effort to resist any persistent endeavours to undermine its peace, stability, independent sovereignty and territorial integrity. Trump's latest threats and offensive and unacceptable statements have gone a long way to violate Article 2(4) of the UN Charter. Its represents also, acts of rhetoric aggression as defined under General Assembly resolution 3314 of 1974.
We are also deeply concerned about the reported transfer of US nuclear arsenals to the soil in Britain. We urge countries with ties to the US to uphold international law by opposing this dangerous expansion of the Ukrainian conflict. Mr Trump's aggressive rhetoric on Russia is more regrettable because it came at a when the civilized international community is confronted also with a plethora of challenges, including climate change and biodiversity loss, disaster risks, the ongoing genocide and cleansing in the Palestinian Gaza and other occupied lands and territories in the Middle-east.
Mr Trump's dangerous threats and ill-intention agenda to attack Russia's nuclear arsenals must be condemned in the strongest possible terms by the United Nations and all its members. The global community should rise to the challenges posed by My Trump's nuclear war threats. The global community should rise to the challenges and act decisively and effectively to ease the dangerous and worrisome situation.
In its cherished history as a peaceful sovereign nation, Russia has never provoked conflict, and any response to Trump's latest aggressive rhetoric would only mean a just response to unjust attacks, and to ensure peace and stability, and to send a clear message to the modern Nazis, who are hell-bent on undermining the peace, security and stability of Russia. And as a free, sovereign and independent nation, Russia reserves the right to determine the most appropriate measures to safeguard its security and the well-being of its people.
As we navigate this disturbing mirror, it is warranting to address the concerns of Russia and that the legitimate grievances of the Russian people should not be misconstrued as a weapon for violent political agenda. Trump's aggressive rhetoric on Russia therefore poses grave threat to the existence of humanity. We Call on NATO leaders and politicians to distance themselves from Trump's nuclear war project; to stop supporting or sending provocative language that can intensify existing tension in the Ukrainian conflict. We call on African governments and leaders to any threat of the use of nuclear weapons anywhere, support peace and promote understanding in dealing with issues that posed danger to the existence of the global community.
We are closely monitoring the situation and efforts at diverting nuclear confrontation amongst the world's nuclear powers. The legacy of the 1945 decision by the United States to reign atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki must not be forgotten, and efforts towards the peaceful end of the Ukrainian crisis must be given priority. The New African Charter International does not promote violence, but support peace, justice and stands against all those who seek to destabilize other nations and erode the rights and freedoms of citizens.
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