China Restricts Corona Data Access, PM Boris Johnson Encourages the Making of a Pandemic Problem Agreement

That is the proposal submitted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday (15/2). The proposal is related to the current concern, in which China is suspected of giving limited access to data on the Covid-19 outbreak to a team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO).

RUSIA vs CHINA

"I think the world needs to be seen is general agreement on how to track data about the pandemic zoonosis ... and we want a common agreement on transparency," said Johnson, as quoted by Reuters .

"In my opinion, one of the interesting ideas we have seen in recent months is a proposal for a global agreement on a pandemic," he added.

Johnson explained that in the agreement, signatory countries must guarantee access to the data they have to stop the pandemic from occurring again.

Responding to the proposal, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel expressed his support for Johnson. He is also committed to working together to make this proposal a reality.

However, it is not yet known whether Johnson plans to discuss the agreement in a meeting with the G7 countries on Friday (19/2).

Britain, along with the United States, have become vocal countries expressing concern over the limited access provided by China to a WHO-led investigation team on the origin of the coronavirus.

Johnson also supported US President Joe Biden's call for China to provide more data on the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan.

The Covid-19 pandemic was first detected in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019. Currently the pandemic has killed more than 2.4 million people worldwide

Avoiding an arms race, why is Russia boosting new nuclear weapons?

Recently Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed his country has greatly expanded the analytical and operational capabilities of its strategic command and control system of its strategic nuclear forces, The National Interest reported.

"Over the past few years, a great deal of effort has been made to maintain all components of the command and control of strategic nuclear forces at the highest level," the Russian head of state said during a defense industry meeting on Wednesday, Tass wrote  .

"Russia has modernized silent and mobile command and control centers and expanded their analytical and operational capabilities, including the provision of information, monitoring and situational analysis," Putin added.

“The quality of key parameters such as interference resistance has improved. Now all command and control centers allow receiving comprehensive data about the situation in real time , assessing the situation based on that information, then making strong decisions. "

Putin called on the Russian defense industry to discuss steps to equip the armed forces with the latest command and control systems. This would primarily include a strategic nuclear force control system, as well as a strategic nuclear weapons command and control system.

“Very clearly, the stable, effective and reliable operation of the system and the entire contour of command and control in the combat environment is critical to the combat potential of the nuclear triad, and in general, the army and navy to adequately and rapidly respond to potential threats. military, "Putin explained, quoted from The National Interest .

RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR TRIAD
The nuclear triad is a three-pronged military force structure consisting of land-launched nuclear missiles, submarines armed with nuclear missiles and strategic aircraft with nuclear bombs and missiles. Russia is said to have inherited the nuclear arsenal of all the former Soviet states.

The National Interest noted that Putin said he believed the nuclear triad remained the main guarantee of military security, making attempts to pressure Russia essentially futile.

"Despite the changing nature of the military threat, the nuclear triad remains the main guarantee of Russia's military security and, to a greater extent, global stability," Putin said in his opening remarks at a meeting with top-ranking ministerial officials, heads of federal agencies and industrial complex companies. defense on Tuesday (9/2).

"The preservation of this balance of power reduces the risk of large-scale military conflict and in fact makes extortion or pressure on our country absurd," Putin said.

The United States and Russia are close to reaching an agreement to temporarily freeze the number of warheads on both sides and extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) by one year. However, the administration of former US President Donald Trump has made it clear that the nuclear freeze must include China.

Russia has said it will not enter into an "exhausting arms race" and insists there is no reason to do so.

"For the first time in history Russia is not in the runner-up position ," Putin added.

“Russia has produced a certain weapon system that is years and even decades ahead of its foreign counterparts. Some systems are unrivaled in the world and will likely stay that way for quite some time. "

DIALOGUE WITH AMERICA
According to The National Interest's report , Putin's remarks on command and control of strategic nuclear weapons also came as the Kremlin announced its hopes of establishing a new dialogue with the next US president and the potential to improve relations between the two countries.

"We hope that it will be possible to establish dialogue with the next US president and agree on ways to improve bilateral relations," Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday (9/2).

"Especially because the important areas of bilateral relations as well as the field of security and stability concern not only our two countries, but in fact all countries in the world."