China refuses to continue negotiations with the United States

By Alimat Aliyeva

China has abandoned further negotiations with the United States on arms control and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons after consultations in November 2023, Azernews reports.

As the Report reports with reference to TASS, this statement was made by a representative of the US State Department in a comment to the Semafor portal.

"Unfortunately, the PRC refused to hold a subsequent meeting and did not give a meaningful answer to the options we presented," he said.

According to him, the administration of US President Joe Biden has proposed "reasonable steps to combat significant risks of conflict or escalation in the nuclear and space spheres." Among other things, they discussed improving communication between Washington and Beijing, a system for notifying about test launches of ballistic missiles and efforts to reduce tensions in space.
Liu Pengyu, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, in turn, told the portal that the United States "should abandon megaphone diplomacy" and called on "countries with large nuclear arsenals to significantly reduce them for further negotiations on nuclear arms control.