Trump Says He Is Talking to Russia and China About Denuclearisation
Trump said Washington is holding talks with Moscow and Beijing to curb the world’s largest nuclear arsenals.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that Washington is holding denuclearization talks with Moscow and Beijing aimed at addressing the countries with the largest nuclear stockpiles.
- The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty expired earlier this year, and Russia suspended its participation during the administration of President Joe Biden.
- During a Newsmax interview, Trump stated, "I'd love to denuclearize if possible," while predicting China will "catch up" to the United States within five years.
- The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reports Russia holds the largest stockpile of stored nuclear warheads, though the United States maintains more deployed warheads.
- Any potential agreement to extend limits on these arsenals would require an executive decision to voluntarily re-adopt the constraints of the expired New START treaty.
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Trump says he is talking to Russia and China about denuclearisation
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Oct 15) that Washington is holding talks with Moscow and Beijing aimed at denuclearising the countries with the biggest stockpiles of nuclear weapons.Russia has the most stored nuclear warheads, followed by the United States and China, according to the S
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Baek Na-ri = U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he is discussing nuclear disarmament with China and Russia.
President Donald Trump of the United States said that his administration was discussing with Russia and China the reduction of nuclear weapons arsenals." I would be happy to denuclearize if that were possible.
Nuclear disarmament also at Trump's meeting with Xi Topic
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