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Add as preferred source on GoogleRussia supports Trump's UN call for a global ban on biological weapons, proposing AI for compliance. The Kremlin is ready to engage in disarmament talks.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia supports a call by U.S. President Donald Trump for a comprehensive global ban on biological weapons, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
Trump said in a speech to the United Nations on Tuesday that he was "calling on every nation to join us in ending the development of biological weapons once and for all". He proposed that Artificial Intelligence could be used to verify compliance.
Peskov said Russia welcomed the "very important call" by Trump, describing it as a brilliant initiative.
"Naturally, the Russian side is ready to participate in such a process of renunciation, a general renunciation of biological weapons, and, of course, it would be good to somehow formalise it, again at the international level," he said.
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov, Writing by Maxim Rodionov and Mark Trevelyan, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
Trump called for a comprehensive global ban on biological weapons, urging every nation to join in ending their development.
Russia welcomed Trump's call, describing it as a very important and brilliant initiative, and expressed readiness to participate in the renunciation of biological weapons.
The proposed ban on biological weapons is seen as a crucial step towards international cooperation and security, aiming to eliminate the threat posed by such weapons.
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