Nuclear disarmament: Donald Trump speaks of negotiations with Moscow and Beijing

According to President Donald Trump, the USA is holding talks with Russia and China about nuclear disarmament in the countries with the largest nuclear arsenals. “The whole matter is unfortunate because I would like to achieve nuclear disarmament if possible. But we are actually talking to Russia and China about such disarmament,” Trump told the US television channel Newsmax on Thursday.

According to the report, Trump also spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping about the issue. The president expects that China will catch up with the USA in the field of nuclear weapons in the next five years.

According to the Stockholm peace research institute SIPRI, Russia has the most stored nuclear warheads, followed by the USA and China. However, the USA is ahead of Russia in the number of operational warheads.

However, according to US State Department insiders in February, the US is seeking a new, multilateral nuclear agreement. Washington is pushing to extend the successor agreement to China. However, Beijing had previously rejected this on the grounds that the People's Republic had significantly fewer warheads than the two major nuclear powers.

Most recently, Trump pushed forward with a civilian nuclear program negotiated with Saudi Arabia. This is reported by the Wall Street Journal, citing government circles. The question behind the agreement is how the USA can advance its use of nuclear power - without opening up further avenues for the production of nuclear weapons in the Middle East.