The United States and China have agreed to resume negotiations on nuclear weapons control.
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The talks, scheduled for next week, could take place for the first time since Barack Obama’s presidency. The discussions will be aimed at avoiding a dangerous trilateral arms race between the United States, China and the Russian Federation, but will not be the start of formal negotiations on limiting nuclear weapons. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing sources in the White House.
A series of American-led bilateral diplomatic contacts with the Chinese in recent months were aimed at resuscitating rapidly deteriorating relations between Beijing and Washington, the sources said.
At the same time, the White House is also trying to engage Moscow in separate arms control talks after Russia withdrew from the New Start treaty limiting warheads. The Biden administration sent the Kremlin a confidential document outlining ideas for managing nuclear risks now and after the agreement expires.
Let us recall that the Pentagon stated that the rate of increase in China’s nuclear weapons stockpile exceeds preliminary US forecasts. Over the past year, Beijing has created about a hundred nuclear warheads, increasing their total number to 500.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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