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Since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has irresponsibly invoked dangerous nuclear rhetoric, and walked away from several of its arms control obligations.
All the while, China has rapidly and opaquely built up and diversified its nuclear weapons stores. And Russia and China have remained unwilling to engage in substantive discussions around arms control or risk reduction.
What’s more, both countries have defended and even enabled dangerous proliferators.
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The United States is willing to engage in bilateral arms control discussions with Russia and China right now, without preconditions. All they have to do is say yes and come to the table in good faith.
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Source: U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Speaker: Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN)
Format: Speech
China Policy Research 