Nuclear: China applauds US-Russia on strategic stability

(ANSA) - BEIJING, June 17 - China welcomes the consent reached by the US and Russia on the continuation of the dialogue for strategic stability. The two largest countries in possession of nuclear weapons "have a higher responsibility in atomic disarmament", commented Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on yesterday's summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. Beijing "has always pushed for states equipped with nuclear weapons to jointly reduce the risk of nuclear war and is willing to have bilateral or P5 dialogues", the club of five countries with the most warheads in the world. (HANDLE).