Moscow, April 21 (Sputnik/UNI) The buildup of nuclear potential by the United Kingdom and France is leading to an escalating nuclear arms race and is inconsistent with the goals of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in an interview with Sputnik.According to the diplomat, France's new doctrinal approaches are in many ways reminiscent of Washington's "extended nuclear deterrence" in the Asia-Pacific region, and they also openly postulate plans to become "an aid to NATO's joint nuclear missions.""Such steps are consistent with the general pattern of provocative military-nuclear activity by NATO countries, directed against our country. The UK previously announced an increase in its...