04/01/2022 (Agence Europe) – The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) expressed, on Monday 3 January, in a joint statement, that they “believe strongly that the further spread of such (nuclear) weapons must be prevented”. “Nuclear weapons—for as long as they continue to exist—should serve defensive purposes, deter aggression, and prevent war”, they added, saying that a nuclear war cannot...