“China called Washington and Moscow to “further reduce” its nuclear arsenals, calling it as a prerequisite for their participation in potential disarmament negotiations, which US President Donald Trump called.”, – WRITE: www.ukrinform.ua
“Two nuclear powers with the largest nuclear arsenals must honestly fulfill their special responsibilities for nuclear disarmament,” the statement said.
They should “continue to significantly reduce their nuclear arsenals to create the necessary conditions for the accession of other nuclear states to the disarmament process”, – added China’s Foreign Ministry.
Beijing states that in principle it is for disarmament, but regularly rejects Washington’s invitation to join the Russian-American negotiations on the reduction of nuclear arsenals.
On Tuesday, Beijing repeated that his arsenal was intended “exclusively for self -defense” and that he supports his nuclear forces “at the minimum level required for national security.”
Last week, Trump, in a video address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, stated that he would like to “see denuclearization” and confirmed his desire for tripartite negotiations with Russia and China. The next day, Russia stated that it wants to restore bilateral negotiations with nuclear disarmament “as soon as possible” and that the “ball on the field of Americans”.
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Russia, one of three countries with almost 90% of nuclear weapons in the world, was released from the last weapons control agreement in 2023.
As reported by Ukrinform, China may It builds a large research center for thermonuclear synthesis in the southwestern city of Menyan, which can help in the development of nuclear weapons and the study of electricity production.
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