China, Russia, the UK, the United States and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and a nuclear war should be avoided.
According to a joint statement released on Tuesday morning (AEDT), the five countries – the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – said they considered it their primary responsibility to avoid war between the nuclear states and to reduce strategic risks, while aiming to work to create an atmosphere of security.
The five countries making up the UN Security Council – all nuclear powers – say a nuclear war must never be fought.
“We declare there could be no winners in a nuclear war, it should never be started,” the Russian-language version of the statement read.
An English-language version was released by the White House. »
