BEIJING
\nStates with the largest nuclear arsenals should negotiate a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other or make a political statement in this regard, the Chinese foreign ministry\u2019s arms control department said.
\nDirector general of the department, Sun Xiaobo, called on nuclear states to fulfil their \u201cspecial and priority responsibilities\u201d on nuclear disarmament according to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, which seeks to prevent nuclear war, official news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday.
\nDuring the forum\u2019s weekly meeting in Geneva on Monday, Sun said the body should define a roadmap or timetable for an international legal instrument that would protect non-nuclear-weapon states from the threat of nuclear weapons.
\n\u201cNuclear-weapon states should negotiate and conclude a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other or make a political statement in this regard,\u201d Sun said.
\nChina and India are currently the only two nuclear powers to formally maintain a no first use policy. Russia and the United States have the world\u2019s biggest nuclear arsenals.
\nSun also called for a universal, non-discriminatory, non-proliferation, export control order to address global security challenges, and promote more compliance in the field of biochemistry to maintain the authority of the arms control treaty system.
\nThe U.N. disarmament forum should also respond to emerging scientific and technological challenges such as artificial intelligence, outer space and cyber, he said.
\nSun described the international strategic security situation as facing new challenges, and that countries with the strongest military power have repeatedly \u201cbroken treaties\u201d in order to \u201cseek their own absolute superiority\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEIJING States with the largest nuclear arsenals should negotiate a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other or make a political statement in this regard, the Chinese foreign ministry\u2019s arms control department said. Director general of the department, Sun Xiaobo, called on nuclear states to fulfil their \u201cspecial and priority responsibilities\u201d on nuclear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-390402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n