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On Monday, January 3, the leaders of Russia, Britain, the United States, China and France – the five countries that officially possess nuclear weapons – issued a joint statement to prevent nuclear war and an arms race.
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“We declare that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should never be unleashed,” the text says.
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The document was adopted at the initiative of Russia, said the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova… She said that he was preparing for the opening of the conference on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in New York, which was supposed to open on Tuesday, January 4.
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Although the start of the conference was postponed, the leaders of the five powers decided to publish the text. At the time of the release of the note, it is available on the websites of the Kremlin, the White House, the Elysee Palace, as well as the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
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Zakharova expressed hope that the agreement on this document will help reduce tensions in the world.
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It stresses that the States possessing nuclear weapons are obliged to prevent their use. They also reiterated their commitment to “the ultimate goal of building a nuclear-weapon-free world.”
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The nuclear powers have also pledged to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and to work within the framework of international agreements and conventions.
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“We intend to continue to seek bilateral and multilateral diplomatic approaches to avoid military confrontation, enhance stability and predictability, increase mutual understanding and trust, and prevent an arms race that benefits no one and becomes a threat to all,” the leaders of the five said. countries.
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Fu Kong, head of the arms control department at the PRC Foreign Ministry, called the agreement historic.
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“It reaffirmed, inter alia, that a nuclear war cannot be won and should never be fought, and that none of the nuclear warheads [этих держав] not directed at each other or any other state “- the Chinese official tweeted.
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The note is supplemented
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