In it, they condemned several US policies, including the expansion of its security alliances, the forward deployment of strategic weapons, the development of global missile defences like the “Golden Dome”, the militarisation of space, and the sharing of nuclear technology with allies.
Such US policies sought “overwhelming military supremacy” and “absolute strategic security”, the statement warned, and were “undermining global strategic stability, spurring an arms race and increasing conflict potential both among nuclear-weapon states and in the international arena as a whole”.
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Xi Jinping says China, Russia have ‘special responsibility’ to stand up to power politics
Xi Jinping says China, Russia have ‘special responsibility’ to stand up to power politics
The statement added: “The two sides note with concern that against the backdrop of aggravation in the relations between nuclear-weapon states, which in some cases has escalated to the threat of a direct military clash, a critical mass of problems and challenges has accumulated in the strategic sphere, and the risk of nuclear conflict has increased.”
