China rejected Trump's request to join nuclear disarmament talks; This request is unfair and unjustified / China's nuclear forces are at a completely different level than the arsenals of the United States and Russia.

The spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced today (Friday) that Washington's request for China's participation in nuclear disarmament talks with the United States and Russia is unfair and unjustified.

Ambassador Arjan: The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China announced today (Friday) that Washington's request for China's participation in nuclear disarmament negotiations with the United States and Russia is unfair and unjustified.

This comment was made by Mao Ning, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after US President Donald Trump said in an interview with "Newsmax" that the talks on nuclear disarmament with Russia and China are still ongoing.

According to Ambassador Arjan, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry also told reporters: "China's nuclear forces are at a completely different level from the arsenals of the United States and Russia."

He noted: "At the current stage, asking China to participate in the so-called nuclear disarmament talks is unfair, illogical and impractical."

The US president said on Thursday that Washington is in talks with Moscow and Beijing aimed at disarming the countries with the largest stockpiles of nuclear weapons.

Trump also said, "This whole thing is embarrassing because I would like to denuclearize if possible, but actually we're talking to Russia about it and we're talking to China about denuclearization."

Newsmax reported that Trump had discussed nuclear disarmament with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

Trump's comments came months after the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty expired earlier this year. The New Start agreement, signed in 2010, allowed for a one-time extension, which was extended for five years by agreement between former US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Any new extension requires an executive decision to voluntarily extend the limitations of this Agreement.