China says would join nuclear talks if US reduces arsenal - Vanguard News

Beijing said Wednesday that US demands for it to join nuclear disarmament talks with Russia are a ruse to sink the negotiations, but it could take part if Washington lowers its arsenals to China’s level.

US President Donald Trump has insisted China be included in disarmament talks, citing what he says is the free rein Beijing has had to develop weapons systems.Fu Cong, director general of the Department of Arms Control at China’s foreign ministry, said the US pressure is “nothing but a ploy to divert world tension” and “create a pretext under which they can walk away from the New START”.

According to the institute’s latest research, Russia has 6,375 nuclear warheads, including those that are not deployed, and the United States has 5,800.“Saying that the small number of nuclear warheads that China possesses poses a threat to… US security, when the US has 6,000, I don’t think that stands to logic,” Fu said.

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