US President Donald Trump is confident that Russia, China and the United States are capable of reaching an agreement to reduce nuclear weapons.
“I think something like this can happen - denuclearization“, he said on November 6 at a meeting with the leaders of five Central Asian republics at the White House, commenting on the topic of possible reduction of nuclear weapons by Moscow, Beijing and Washington.
“I think denuclearization would be a wonderful thing. I talked about it with President Vladimir Putin. I talked about it with President Xi Jinping. Everyone would like to spend all this money on something else, on something that actually benefits the people“, the head of the US administration said. “I had a wonderful meeting with the president Xi“, Trump added.
“My doctrine would be denuclearization. Because we have enough nuclear weapons“, Trump stressed.
He again identified the United States as the country with the most nuclear warheads, although in reality, according to American experts, Russia leads the list. “China is number three, far behind. But they will catch up with us in four or five years. They are working overtime on nuclear weapons“, the American president believes.
“I want peace. I want peace through strength. But we want world peace. And we are close to achieving it“, Trump added.
China and the United States will find it difficult to guarantee their own security if they continue to take steps to weaken each other, according to an editorial published on Friday in the “Global Times“.
As The newspaper pointed out that in the past few days, China and the United States have issued successive statements announcing that based on the agreements reached at the Kuala Lumpur talks, the two sides will adjust their respective economic and trade measures. “Over the past nine months, China-US relations have experienced ups and downs, leading many to wonder whether the two sides can move beyond the “you give in, I give in” technical cooperation and move from “competition of exhaustion” to “mutual growth”, shifting their focus from competition for existing resources to creating additional benefits. Obviously, the answer is “yes”. China's development and rejuvenation are fully consistent with the slogan “Let's Make America Great Again”, and the two sides can truly achieve mutual success and shared prosperity,” the newspaper said. article.
“It is difficult for economic powers of the size of China and the United States to ensure their own security by weakening the other, and it is impossible to gain long-term advantage by arbitrarily fragmenting markets. International trade theory shows that deep specialization and complementarity between major powers are key to increasing global prosperity and improving economic efficiency“, the publication writes.“
The authors of the article believe that relations based on competition, dominance and control of power are a zero-sum game that will ultimately lead to mutual loss. “In contrast, relations focused on incremental growth emphasize who solves more problems and who offers more solutions, guided by the logic of shared responsibility and the provision of global public goods. Such relations are not only beneficial to both sides, but also sustainable“, the newspaper notes.“