2024-02-29 11:49:35
The countries with the largest nuclear arsenals should negotiate the conclusion of a treaty banning the first use of nuclear weapons or make a political statement on the matter, said Sun Xiaobo, director general of the Arms Control Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Reuters reported. .
Sun urged nuclear-armed states to fulfill their “special and most important responsibilities” regarding nuclear disarmament in accordance with the decisions of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, which seeks to prevent the outbreak of nuclear war, China’s foreign ministry said in a statement. released today by Xinhua.
During the forum’s weekly meeting in Geneva on Monday, Sun said the body should draw up a road map or timetable for the creation of an international legal instrument to protect non-nuclear-weapon countries, BTA reports. “Nuclear-weapon states should negotiate and conclude a nuclear non-use treaty against each other or make a political statement to that effect,” Sun said.
Currently, China and India are the only two nuclear powers that officially maintain a no-first-use policy, and Russia and the United States have the largest nuclear arsenals in the world, Reuters recalls.