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Speaking during a teleconference with Asia Pacific journalists, Billingslea, how to persuade China to engage in three-way talks with Russia on nuclear weapons control. Billingslea said China had to sit at the same table with the US and Russia if it wanted to gain great power status and the agreement would be very profitable for Beijing.
“China wants to be given great power status, and frankly, what better way to be seen as a great power than to be seen sitting side by side with the US, or maybe even side by side with the US and Russia, discussing this topic? China would benefit greatly from such a discussion. , “he said.
Billingslea said, the US studied hard with the Soviet Union, after the Cuban Missile Crisis, that the two sides had to do things like set up hotlines, telephone lines. (Read also: US-China Nuclear War Risk Increases, Experts Recommend Careful Monitoring)
“To create a nuclear risk reduction center, to exchange data and to ensure that our senior leadership is available day or night in case something, in the event of a strange event, as a way to manage risk, as a way to reduce risk between the two superpowers. China wants to have the capability. like that and, as you pointed out, transparency and trust-building measures, “he said.
“Now, whether we are talking about reciprocal inspection of missile defense sites or some other type of inspection, maybe mutual inspection of ICBM silos, or maybe inspections related to monitoring warhead production. These are all very possible. These are the things we have been doing. together with Russia for many years and these are things that, to be honest, we have to do with China as well, “he continued.
He added that the US has always been open to China. However, he said, it was not a request that Beijing was negotiating, but rather China’s obligation that it should negotiate with the US in good faith. (Also read: Indonesia – China is starting to move away from the US dollar)
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