China maintains its nuclear forces at the minimum necessary level and does not yet plan to participate in nuclear disarmament negotiations with the United States and Russia. As Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a briefing, this is due to the significant difference between the Beijing arsenal and the nuclear reserves of Washington and Moscow, an Ukrinform correspondent reports..

According to the diplomat, China keeps its nuclear forces at the minimum required level. The country does not plan to participate in the arms race and increase its arsenal to the level of the United States or Russia.

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It is noted that the United States has repeatedly emphasized the need to create new mechanisms for nuclear disarmament, in which China would have to participate along with the United States and Russia.

However, Beijing considers this approach unfair, because its nuclear forces are significantly smaller than those of the United States and the Russian Federation..

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Let us remind you that the latest key agreement on nuclear weapons control between the United States and the Russian Federation is valid until Thursday, February 5. Its end raises the risk of a new arms race between the two largest nuclear powers amid rising global instability.