China Will Not Join Arms-Control Talks With U.S., Russia

RFE: China Again Declines To Join Arms-Control Talks With U.S., Russia

China has reiterated its refusal to participate in three-way disarmament talks with the United States and Russia ahead of a new round of arms-control talks between Washington and Moscow scheduled for June 22 in Vienna.

The United States had voiced hopes that Russia could convince China to join the negotiations about limiting the three countries' nuclear weapons stockpiles.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on June 10 that Beijing hadn't changed its previous stance that it was not going to join the talks.

"We noticed that the United States has been dragging China into the issue...whenever it is raised," with the intention of deflecting from its responsibility, Hua said.

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Update: China to skip US-Russian nuclear disarmament talks (DW)

WNU Editor: Cannot say that I am surprised.