New nuclear pact should include Russia, China: Trump
After the US withdrew from a Cold War-era pact with Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump. PHOTO: REUTERS
WASHINGTON:
Any new treaty to counter the build-up of nuclear missiles should include China, President Donald Trump said on Friday after the United States withdrew from a Cold War-era pact with Russia.
"We'd certainly want to include China at some point," Trump told reporters.
"That would be a great thing for the world," he added, hours after his administration formally pulled out of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty.
US, Russia rip up Cold War-era INF missile treaty
Trump said he has talked about a new arms reduction treaty with both countries. China was "very excited... and so was Russia," he said.
"A pact where they reduce and we reduce nuclear, that would be a great thing for the world. I do believe that would happen."
The United States on Friday abandoned the INF treaty with Russia, saying that violations by Moscow had rendered it pointless.
Any new treaty to counter the build-up of nuclear missiles should include China, President Donald Trump said on Friday after the United States withdrew from a Cold War-era pact with Russia.
"We'd certainly want to include China at some point," Trump told reporters.
"That would be a great thing for the world," he added, hours after his administration formally pulled out of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty.
US, Russia rip up Cold War-era INF missile treaty
Trump said he has talked about a new arms reduction treaty with both countries. China was "very excited... and so was Russia," he said.
"A pact where they reduce and we reduce nuclear, that would be a great thing for the world. I do believe that would happen."
The United States on Friday abandoned the INF treaty with Russia, saying that violations by Moscow had rendered it pointless.