(Washington Reuters) Senior U.S. officials said that the United States is expected to not soon have a formal nuclear control negotiation with China, but hopes that both parties can start discussing practical measures to reduce risks.
Praanay Vaddi, a senior official who is responsible for military control and proliferation, told the Washington Think Tank and International Research Center on Thursday (January 18) that preliminary military control dialogue was held in November last year.He also emphasized that the talks must be involved in China's main decision makers or people who have influence on China's nuclear situation.
Wadi said: "We know, we will not quickly enter the formal military control negotiations. We know that China is still accumulating nuclear warhead reserves ... In terms of military control, we really want to see China about reducing us about reducing risks about us.Some of the more substantial ideas to respond, we are still waiting for China to respond. "
The United States is worried about China's increasing nuclear reserves.The Pentagon said in the Chinese military report last October that the number of Chinese combat nuclear warheads has exceeded 500, and it may exceed 1,000 by 2030.The US nuclear warhead reserves are about 3700, of which about 1,419 are deployed.
On November 6, officials responsible for military control in the United States and China held a nuclear control dialogue in Washington. It was the first time in the past five years, but the talks did not produce specific results.Soon after, the leaders of the two countries met in San Francisco and announced that they would restore military communication between the two sides.
Wadi pointed out that the United States wants to maintain an open communication channel with China. The military control negotiations in November are valuable, but the United States hopes to make practical progress on these issues;Can be carried out between the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. "
