The leaders of the countries of the so-called nuclear “five” – Russia, China, the USA, Great Britain and France – opposed the arms race and called on to do everything possible to prevent a nuclear war in the future. Their joint statement is published on the Kremlin website on Monday, January 3.
As noted by representatives of the five states, nuclear weapons should serve exceptionally defensive goals and be directed only to the containment of aggression of all players in the international arena. “We believe that the further spread of such weapons must be prevented … In the nuclear war there can be no winners, and it should never be untied,” the statement says.
Politicians also stressed that they are ready to maintain commitment to the obligations under the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (NPT). In addition, they assured that in the future they plan to look for diplomatic ways to resolve the emerging conflicts, lead a constructive dialogue with each other and avoid military confrontation.
The Non-Proliferation Treaty was concluded in 1968 by the UN Disarmament Committee in order to limit the number of countries with nuclear weapons. The contract participants are almost all the states of the world, with the exception of Israel, India, Pakistan, DPRK and South Sudan.