Chinese Foreign Ministry says US must withdraw all its nuclear weapons from Europe

"The United States should withdraw all of its nuclear weapons from Europe and refrain from deploying nuclear weapons in any other region," RIA Novosti quoted the diplomat as saying.

On June 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the United States was storing 200 tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, they were in six NATO countries, and 257 aircraft had been prepared for their use.

Dmitry Polyansky, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, stated that it was necessary to stop this practice and return nuclear weapons to the national territory of their owner.