On Tuesday 23 June, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the United States and Russia should extend the New START treaty, pending negotiation of an agreement that would include China.
The inclusion of China in the talks is an area of disagreement between Washington and Moscow, while Beijing has refused to join the negotiations. The New START treaty aimed at reducing the numbers of strategic nuclear weapons expires on 5 February 2021.
Stoltenberg stressed the fact that Beijing...