Five nuclear-weapon states issue first joint statement on preventing N-war, arms race

The leaders of China, France, Russia, the UK and the US have issued a joint statement on preventing a nuclear war and avoiding an arms race while not aiming nuclear devices at each other.

For the first time, the leaders of China, France, Russia, the UK and the US on Monday issued a joint statement on preventing a nuclear war and avoiding an arms race while not aiming nuclear devices at each other or at any other state.

Declaring that they consider the avoidance of war between Nuclear-Weapon States and the reduction of strategic risks as their foremost responsibilities, the leaders of the five countries in a joint statement said, "we affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought."