“The Chinese position is crystal clear: China is not ready to join the arms control talks. I think we should respect this position, ”the diplomat said during an online discussion organized by the Center for National Interests in Washington. The words of Antonov are quoted by RIA Novosti.
Earlier, the special envoy of the US president for arms control Marshall Billingsley said that all nuclear arsenals of Russia and China should be included in the new arms control agreement.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry noted that the United States "has not yet said what they want" from the participation of the PRC in the talks: so that Beijing will increase its nuclear arsenal to the level of Washington, or that the United States is ready to reduce its arsenal to the level of China.