“The United States again and again spins the theory of a nuclear threat from China, looking for an excuse to expand its nuclear arsenal and maintain its military hegemony,” RIA Novosti quotes her.

Mao Ning stressed that China has always taken a balanced and responsible position in its nuclear policy.

On March 2, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov said that he had met with an American delegation in Geneva, during the negotiations the situation with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) was discussed.