russia has violated crucial arms control commitments and China continues to rapidly expand and diversify its nuclear arsenal without transparency, the alliance’s North Atlantic Council said in a statement.
“russia has violated crucial arms control commitments and employed irresponsibly threatening nuclear rhetoric. China continues to rapidly expand and diversify its nuclear arsenal without transparency. Both have increased ties with states that seek to proliferate nuclear weapons and undermine international arms control,” according to the statement.
Today’s deteriorating security environment poses challenges relevant to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), as proliferation crises continue and escalate, the council believes.
