China urges the US to withdraw its nuclear weapons from Europe

The United States should withdraw its nuclear weapons from Europe and not deploy them in other parts of the world, Director General of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Arms Control Department, Fu Cong, said on Tuesday.

Beijing, for its part, is committed to not being the first to use nuclear weapons, regardless of the circumstances. "China is committed to the path of peaceful development and the nuclear self-defense strategy and undertakes never to be the first to use nuclear weapons under any circumstances," the diplomat assured during a conference for the review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

He also noted that China's nuclear arsenal is "at the minimum level necessary to ensure national security." "We are not competing with any country in terms of the capacity, quantity or scale of our nuclear capability, nor are we participating in any form of arms race," he stressed.

Likewise, Cong warned that "any attempt" by Washington to recreate joint nuclear missions in the Indo-Pacific region, similar to those carried out in Europe, "will undermine strategic stability." "Countries in the region will firmly oppose them and, if necessary, take strict countermeasures," he stressed.