Beijing – China opposed on Friday the call for a nuclear weapons boost by Russia and the United States.
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had called for enhancing nuclear weapons capabilities.“China stands for and advocates the full prohibition and destruction of nuclear weapons,” foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a press conference.
“The country with the largest nuclear arsenal should take special and prior responsibility for nuclear disarmament, take the lead in dramatically decrease its nuclear arsenals so as to create conditions for full and thorough nuclear disarmament,” he added.
On Thursday, Trump had tweeted that the U.S. “must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.”
In a meeting with defense officials the same day, Putin also made a call to strengthen Russia’s nuclear potential. – Latin American Herald Tribune via Vice News
