During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump called for negotiations between Russia, China, and the United States on arms control, a White House announcement confirmed on September 25.
The White House website stated: “The president called for holding trilateral arms control talks with the participation of the United States, Russia and China.”
Both leaders recalled their alliance during World War II, noting they “fought side by side for victory in it,” and agreed to build constructive relations based on strategic stability, respect, justice, and reciprocity.
On September 25, Trump outlined prospects for large-scale changes in U.S.-China bilateral relations following talks with Xi Jinping. The Chinese president described his discussions with the U.S. leader as sincere, having occurred on September 24.
Additionally, in June, Russia’s ambassador-at-large to the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Andrei Belousov, stated that Russian tactical nuclear weapons do not threaten the United States and that efforts to prioritize them in nuclear arms control negotiations are futile.
