China, Russia Agree on Nonproliferation Cooperation

Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russia President Vladimir Putin signed yesterday during a meeting in Beijing a statement pledging to increase cooperation “within the framework of a multilateral nuclear export control mechanism,” according to the Xinhua News Agency (see GSN, May 28).

The statement says that China and Russia believe it is important to hold a conference on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty next year, and that the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty enters into force as soon as possible, Xinhua reported. In addition, both countries “all-out support” the creation of nuclear weapons-free zones around the world, especially in Central Asia, and back a nuclear weapons-free Korean Peninsula, the statement says (Xinhua News Agency, Oct. 15).

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