Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races

Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races is a joint statement about controlling the use of nuclear weapons, preventing nuclear war, and avoiding arms races, signed on January 3, 2022, by China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the five NPT-designated nuclear-weapon states and permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.

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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the joint statement. Ma Zhaoxu, vice-minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in China, said in a media interview that the joint statement, the first by the leaders of the five countries on nuclear weapons, reflects the political will of the five countries to prevent nuclear war and sends a common voice to maintain global strategic stability and reduce the risk of nuclear conflict.

See also

No first use

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

References

2022 treaties

Nuclear weapons policy

International security

Nuclear weapons of the People's Republic of China

Nuclear weapons of France

Nuclear weapons of Russia

Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom

Nuclear weapons of the United States