?? On October 24, 2025, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov met with students of the Master’s program “International Security” and alumni of the International Dual Degree M.A. Program “Global Security, Nuclear Policy, and WMD Nonproliferation.”

?? PIR Center shares key quotes from Sergey Ryabkov’s remarks, reflecting current trends in international security, arms control, and nuclear nonproliferation.

In April-May next year, the 11th NPT Review Conference is scheduled to take place, marking the end of the current review cycle. The two previous cycles concluded without the adoption of final documents. The three sessions of the Preparatory Committee in this cycle have shown that we have not made much progress toward a final agreement either. This is partly due to longstanding disagreements between advocates of rapid nuclear disarmament at any cost and the nuclear-weapon states.

The Russian delegation at the upcoming conference will do everything to ensure that contradictions among NPT participants do not weaken its foundations. We plan to work on potential solutions. Still, a compromise in this situation is only possible in an environment of mutual respect and consideration for the interests of all states. We start from the premise that if a final document can be agreed upon, it will reflect the lowest common denominator, considering the positions of all review process participants. Given the increasing contradictions among NPT States Parties, we see the main goal of the conference as avoiding harm to the treaty’s integrity. The ultimate goal is to move toward consensus solutions in nuclear nonproliferation. Deviating from the consensus principle would mean ending the review process and severely harming the NPT’s integrity.

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