“In the course of a series of contacts ... they spoke about the importance of starting such discussions and participating in measures to limit risks, but so far we have not seen that the PRC has shown a willingness to go further,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
According to the deputy head of the Pentagon, Beijing is working on a program to "triple and potentially quadruple" its own strategic potential.
Kahl stressed that the US would like China's participation in the dialogue on both nuclear weapons and comparable conventional weapons.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the risk of nuclear conflict due to geopolitical tensions is currently the highest in decades.
China's representative at the NPT Review Conference noted that the United States is violating the Treaty and transferring nuclear weapons to other countries.