Russia, China, U.S., UK, France Adopt Joint Statement On Preventing Nuclear War

Leaders of Russia, the United Kingdom, China, the United States and France have released a joint statement on preventing a nuclear war and avoiding arms races, according to the document published on the Kremlin website on Monday. “The People’s Republic of China, the French Republic, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America consider the avoidance of war between Nuclear-Weapon States and the reduction of strategic risks as our foremost responsibilities,” the joint statement says. “We affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” it…