Russia, Britain, China, USA and France issued a statement on the prevention of nuclear war
On Monday, January 3, the leaders of Russia, Britain, the United States, China and France, demonstrating nuclear weapons, issued a joint statement to prevent nuclear war and an arms race.
“We declare that a nuclear war cannot be unleashed and should never be unleashed,” the text says.
The document was adopted at the initiative of Russia, said the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova… She said that he was preparing for the opening of the conference on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in New York, which was supposed to open on Tuesday, January 4.
Although the start of the conference was postponed, the leaders of the five powers decided to publish the text. At the time of the release of the note, it is available on the websites of the Kremlin, the White House, the Elysee Palace, as well as the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Zakharova expressed hope that the agreement on this document will help reduce tensions in the world.
It emphasizes that nuclear-weapon states must prevent their use. They also reiterated their commitment to “the ultimate goal of building a nuclear-weapon-free”.
The nuclear powers have also pledged to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons through international agreements and conventions.
“We intend to continue to seek bilateral and multilateral diplomatic approaches to avoid military confrontation, enhance stability and predictability, increase mutual understanding and trust, and prevent an arms race. countries.
Fu Kong, head of the China Foreign Ministry’s arms control department, called the agreement historic.
“It has reaffirmed, in particular, that it is impossible to win in an impossible nuclear war. [этих стран] not directed to another [ядерную державу] or any other state “, – the Chinese official tweeted.
The press secretary of the Russian president said in a conversation with RIA Novosti that this statement does not cancel the need for the summit of the “nuclear five” proposed earlier by Vladimir Putin.