China sees USA as a duty – Diepresse.com
It is his big plan for its second term: the nuclear disarmament. US President Donald Trump has already had talks with Russia and China. Both countries are basically for this, but demand the first step of the USA.
US President Donald Trump recently called for talks with China and Russia, the countries with the second and third largest defense spending, halving their military budgets and the resumption of negotiations on the nuclear disarmament. In return, China demands “America First”. Russia is open, but also sees the United States as a duty. From Monday, the states of the nuclear weapons ban in New York will meet.
The nuclear disarmament is a goal of his second term, said Trump during a press hour in the Oval Office on February 13th. « We already have so many (nuclear warheads) that the world could be destroyed 50 or 100 times, » said Trump. « China tries to catch up because it has a considerable deficit, but they will do the same in five or six years. » China's military spending would be $ 400 billion (EUR 381.42 billion). Trump wants to save at the defense budget: “There is no reason for us to spend almost a trillion dollar for the military. (…) We can spend it for other things. » Where the conversations took place, it doesn't matter for him: « It is the end result that counts. » He also did not call a specific schedule, but said he hoped to be able to start « not too distant in the future ».
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A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense reacted to the United States to put “America First” into practice and the first to reduce their nuclear arsenal and military spending. He also confirmed that “China is pursuing a policy that prohibits the first nuclear weapons. It follows a nuclear defense strategy, keep its nuclear weapons arsenal on the minimum required for national security and actively acts for international peace and security. ”
Putin welcomes Trump's proposal
Mixed tones come from Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed US President Trump's proposal to reduce Russia, the USA and China's defense spending. « I think that's a good idea, » said Putin in a television interview. « The United States would shorten by 50 percent, we would shorten 50 percent and China could participate if it wanted to, » added the Russian president.
A few days earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow Trump also called for talks about the nuclear disarmament. « We are interested in starting this negotiating process as soon as possible, » he said. But he also added that “the Americans are on the train”. He complained that many contracts for arms control have been terminated in recent years. His words were to blame for the United States. In such negotiations, however, not only the nuclear potential of Russians and Americans, but also that by Frenchman and British, he demanded. On the other hand, he said nothing about participating the nuclear nuclear China friends friends with Russia.
In February 2019, the US government under Trump had terminated the Inf-Upper Constitutional Control Constitutional Medium-range missiles with Russia. In February 2023, Russia had suspended his participation in the so-called New Start Treaty, the last still valid nuclear disarmament agreement between Moscow and Washington. The contract limits the states to a maximum of 1550 exertion. Both sides had explained that they would comply with the limits set in the contract by the end of the contract until February 5, 2026. In mid -February, Putin had pointed out the expiry of the contract in one year. « Probably everyone has forgotten that, » he said.
Almost 10,000 nuclear explosive heads worldwide
According to the Stockholm Institute for International Peace Research (SIPRI), around 9585 nuclear warheads in military stocks were used in January 2024 for potential use. 90 percent of these are owned by Russia (4380) or the USA (3708). According to Sipri Nuclear, seven other countries have explosive heads: China, France, Great Britain, Pakistan, India, Israel and North Korea.
2100 of the explosive heads are stationed on ballistic air bodies in constant high alert. According to the researchers, these would probably belong to all Russia or the United States according to previous findings, but in the last report they also accept alarm -ready explosive heads from the Chinese side.
Third conference of the contracting parties of the nuclear weapons ban
From Monday, the third contract states' meeting of the contract will take place on the ban on nuclear weapons (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, TPNW) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan, the 73 contracting states and 21 other signatar states will discuss the implementation and further development of the nuclear weapons ban. At the center of the contract is the international law prohibition of acquisition, possession, use and other activities related to nuclear weapons. The global nuclear powers, such as Russia or the USA, are not contracting parties.
In New York, Austria will present a report that emerged from the consultation with the other contracting states and the goal of « the legitimate security concerns, threat and risk perceptions …, which result from the existence of nuclear weapons and the concept of nuclear deterrence better ». The report is also intended to question « the security paradigm based on nuclear deterrence », « by emphasizing new scientific knowledge about the humanitarian consequences and risks of nuclear weapons ».
Austria is considered one of the global themed leaders in nuclear disarmament. The TPNW's first Conference of the Conference of the Conference took place in Vienna under Austrian chair in June 2022. (APA)
