Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a joint statement following the March 21 talks. The Heads of State underlined the inadmissibility of launching a nuclear war without a winner. The statements of the leaders of the two countries are published on the Kremlin’s website.
“Underlining the importance of the joint declaration of the leaders of the five nuclear-weapon States on the prevention of nuclear war and the prevention of an arms race”, indicates the text.
Xi Jinping and Putin also stressed the need to remove all nuclear weapons stationed overseas. Russian and Chinese leaders have noted that nuclear powers only have the right to deploy weapons within their country’s borders.
“The parties call on all countries that have signed the joint statement to follow its key postulates in practice, including the effective reduction of the risk of nuclear war and of any armed conflict between states possessing nuclear weapons,” the document reads. .
Earlier, Putin warned of the corresponding reaction of Moscow to the transfer of weapons with nuclear components to Ukraine.
The message Putin and Xi Jinping stressed the inadmissibility of overseas deployment of nuclear weapons
