Five Nuclear Weapons "No Winner in Nuclear War" Statement Emphasizes War Avoidance and Nuclear Disarmament

Five nuclear-weapon states, including the United States, Russia, and China, which are permanent members of the UN Security Council, issued a joint statement saying that "there is no winner in the nuclear war," and took a diplomatic approach to avoid military conflict. In addition to showing his pursuit, he emphasized the importance of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and emphasized his efforts to reduce disarmament.

The United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on the 3rd to prevent nuclear war and arms race.

Five of these countries said, "We consider avoidance of war between nuclear-weapon states and mitigation of strategic risks to be the most important responsibilities," and "there is no winner in the nuclear war, never. Don't fight. "

"Nuclear weapons must exist for the purpose of defense, deterrence of aggression, and prevention of war. Our nuclear weapons are not targeted by any other country."

On that basis, he strongly stated that he would work to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons as a nuclear-weapon state, saying, "I am convinced that further proliferation of such weapons must be prevented. We will fulfill the obligations of the NPT = Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty." ..

He also emphasized that "we will continue to pursue bilateral and multilateral diplomatic approaches" to prevent conflicts and promote mutual understanding.

Although this statement was scheduled to be held from the 4th of this month, it seems that it was prepared at the NPT review meeting, which was decided to be postponed due to the influence of the new coronavirus.

Given that the difference between the positions of nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states was highlighted at the previous meeting, the United States and China, which are deepening security conflicts in the joint statement, are also willing to cooperate in nuclear disarmament as nuclear-weapon states. It is an appealing shape.

According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister Ma Zhaoxu said, "This is the first time that leaders from five countries have issued a statement on the issue of nuclear weapons, and they have issued a common voice to protect the strategic stability of the world. ", Emphasizing its significance.