(Deutsche Welle Chinese website) The five nuclear powers of the United States, Russia, China, France, and the United Kingdom stated in a joint statement issued on Monday (January 3), “We firmly believe that the further proliferation of nuclear weapons must be prevented.” War cannot be won and cannot be fought.” The full name of this statement is “Joint Statement on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Race.”
Agence France-Presse commented that the joint statement issued by these five countries, which are also permanent members of the UN Security Council, is very rare. This statement was issued before the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to be held this year. The meeting will be coordinated by France. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), signed in 1968, aims to prohibit the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
According to the English statement issued by the White House, the top five in the world set aside the differences that currently cause tension between China, Russia and Western countries, and clearly stated: “Avoiding wars among nuclear-weapon states and reducing strategic risks are our primary responsibility.” The statement said, “In view of the far-reaching consequences of using nuclear weapons, we also confirm that nuclear weapons-as long as they continue to exist-should be used for defensive purposes, deter aggression and prevent war.”
The five countries also stated in the statement: “We are willing to maintain and further strengthen the measures of their respective countries to prevent unauthorized or accidental use of nuclear weapons.”
Russia has issued a motion for this statement. The Kremlin said it welcomes the signing of the five-nation statement and said it hopes that this move will help ease global tensions. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement: “We hope that under the current severe background of the international security situation, agreeing to issue such a political statement can help ease international tensions.”
Kremlin spokesman Peskov told RIA Novosti that Moscow still believes it is “necessary” to hold a summit between nuclear powers.
China claims that the statement can increase mutual trust among the five nuclear powers. On Monday, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu accepted an interview with the media, saying that this is the first time the leaders of the five countries have issued a statement on nuclear weapons. Common voice.
The French government also stated that it will continue to promote bilateral and multilateral nuclear weapons control.
The joint statement was issued at a time when the world‘s major powers are expected to reach a consensus on the resumption of the nuclear agreement with Iran. The disputed agreement was signed in 2015 and is dying due to the withdrawal of the United States in 2018.
(AFP, Reuters)
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