German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on Russia to rule out the use of nuclear weapons in the war against Ukraine as «illegal and unjustifiable».
«We call on Russia to say clearly that it will not do so. That would be a line that must not be crossed,» Scholz said during a Social Democratic Party (SPD) event in Berlin.
Scholz had already warned on Friday from Beijing together with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the risk of a nuclear escalation. Scholz called the nuclear threat gestures «irresponsible and dangerous».
Xi for his part said, «The use of nuclear weapons or the threat thereof must be rejected.» He said the international community must work «to ensure that nuclear weapons cannot be used and that nuclear wars are not waged.»
