WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) – President Barack Obama expressed his views about the release of the Nuclear Posture review, presented on March 1 by the U.S. department of Defense, the White House announced on Tuesday.

“The Nuclear Posture Review recognizes that the greatest threat to U.S. and global security is no longer a nuclear exchange between nations, but nuclear terrorism by violent extremists and nuclear proliferation to an increasing number of states,” President Obama said.

President Obama stated that his nuclear agenda focuses in the reduction of nuclear weapons and the preservation of the U.S. military superiority for safeguarding the security of the American people.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty will be the central piece of the next week’s nuclear security summit as it prevents nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism, similar to the Obama’s nuclear agenda.

“The United States is declaring that we will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapons states that are party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and in compliance with their nuclear nonproliferation obligations,” Obama declared. “Those nations that fail to meet their obligations will therefore find themselves more isolated, and will recognize that the pursuit of nuclear weapons will not make them more secure.”

President Obama also confirmed that the U.S. will not conduct any kind of nuclear tests. Furthermore the U.S. won’t develop new nuclear warheads, military missions or new capabilities for nuclear weapons, and will seek ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

“As I stated last year in Prague, so long as nuclear weapons exist, we will maintain a safe, secure and effective arsenal that guarantees the defense of the United States, reassures allies and partners, and deters potential adversaries.“

Finally, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev will sign the START Treaty this week, committing the United States and Russia to substantial reductions in their nuclear arsenals.

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