Tensions rise over nuclear arms control as US pushes for a new treaty with China, Russia
\n MOSCOW
\nThe Kremlin said on Wednesday that neither China nor Russia has carried out \u200csecret nuclear tests, noting Beijing had denied US accusations that it \u200chad done so.
\nThe United States this \u200bmonth accused China \u200bof conducting \u200ca secret nuclear test in 2020 \u200bas it called for a new, broader arms control treaty that would bring in China as well as Russia.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve \u200cheard many references to certain tests. Both the Russian Federation and China have been mentioned in this regard. Neither the Russian Federation nor \u200bChina \u200chas conducted any nuclear tests,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
\n\u201cWe also know that these allegations were categorically denied by a representative of the People\u2019s Republic of China, so that\u2019s the situation,\u201d added Peskov.
\nUS President Donald Trump is pressing China to join the US and Russia to negotiate a replacement pact to New START, the last US-Russian nuclear arms control agreement which expired on February 5.
\nThe treaty\u2019s expiration has fuelled concerns among some experts \u200bthat the world is on the verge of an accelerated nuclear arms race, though other arms control experts say \u200bsuch fears are exaggerated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tensions rise over nuclear arms control as US pushes for a new treaty with China, Russia MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Wednesday that neither China nor Russia has carried out \u200csecret nuclear tests, noting Beijing had denied US accusations that it \u200chad done so. The United States this \u200bmonth accused China \u200bof conducting \u200ca secret […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-532142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n