Former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev in an interview with U.S. magazine Time stated that in the context of a pandemic, governments should reconsider the allocation of funds and to reduce spending on the military by 10-15%, reports RIA Novosti. The released funds, says the politician, should be directed to the security people.
Gorbachev called for a review of "global agenda"
Gorbachev stressed that despite the efforts made worldwide to fight pandemic COVID-19, positive results will not be until “big money” leave “in the furnace of the arms race”.
“Today it is especially clear: there is a need to reallocate resources, redirect them with military purposes in purposes related to human security”, – quotes Agency the words of the former President of the Soviet Union.
The politician drew attention to the fact that world leaders, when faced with a common threat, we must work together to develop a strategy to prepare for the implementation of the plans and to accumulate reserves.
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Gorbachev said that after the situation with coronavirus stabiliziruemost on this question it is necessary to convene an emergency session of the United Nations.
“It should be a complete revision of the global agenda”, – he concluded.
