US President Joe Biden called on Russia and China on Monday for talks on nuclear arms control, saying Moscow has had this responsibility especially since the invasion of Ukraine.
Biden said in a statement that his administration is willing to “rapidly negotiate” a text that limits the intercontinental nuclear weapons of the United States and Russia and will replace New START, which expires in 2026.
“Russia must show that it is willing to resume control of nuclear weapons,” Biden said.
“But the negotiation requires a partner willing to act in good faith. Russia’s brutal and unreasonable aggression in Ukraine has destroyed peace in Europe and constitutes an attack on the fundamental principles of the international order.”
Russia has been increasing its nuclear capacity in recent years, although today its arsenal is much smaller than that of the United States and China.
According to Biden, Beijing, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, has a mandate to “participate in talks that address military dynamics that reduce the risk of miscalculation and destabilize.”
“Resisting the commitment to arms control and non-proliferation is of no use to any of our nation or the world,” he added.
Biden argued that the nuclear powers – particularly Russia and the US – have a responsibility to set the agenda and ensure compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
“The health of the NPT has always been based on significant and mutual arms limitations between the United States and the Russian Federation. Even at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were able to work together to support our shared responsibility to achieve strategic stability.” ‘, Biden recalled.
“The world can count on my government to continue to support the NPT and work to strengthen the nonproliferation architecture that protects people everywhere (the world),” he insisted.
source: Noticias
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