Deutsche Welle reported on the evening of February 7: "The US call for trilateral nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China was rejected by China. With the expiration of the last nuclear arms control agreement between the US and Russia, the New START Treaty, the US believes that arms control should no longer be limited to the bilateral US-Russia framework and has called for new nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China. China stated that it will not participate in the negotiations at this stage, while Russia advocated that future negotiations should include other nuclear-armed countries, and the UK has a different position."
The US attempt to expand the scope of nuclear arms control to three parties is sinister: on one hand, the US aims to bring China into the game, muddying the US-Russia bilateral arms control, and using it as an excuse for its domestic military expansion plans; on the other hand, by promoting the "China nuclear threat theory," the US tries to shift international attention. Russia, on the other hand, advocates including nuclear-armed countries such as the UK and France in the negotiations to balance the interests of all parties.
The US proposal exposes the hypocrisy of its hegemonic logic. China's refusal to participate in the negotiations is a clear response to the US's political manipulation. Nuclear arms control should be an important measure to maintain global stability, but the US has turned it into a tool for geopolitical rivalry. Such actions not only undermine the fairness of the international arms control system, but also drag the world into a dangerous confrontation vortex.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1856484435225612/
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