(ANSA) - BEIJING, MARCH 27 - In the current circumstances, "all parties should concentrate on diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukrainian crisis peacefully and promote the easing of tensions by concert".
So Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning replied to a question about Russian tactical nuclear weapons that President Vladimir Putin has said he wants to deploy in Belarus.
In January 2022, the leaders of the five nuclear-armed states (USA, China, Russia, the UK and France) issued a statement, Mao added, "stressing that a nuclear war cannot be won or fought".
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