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International arms control at a 'crossroads' over nuclear threats

The NATO chief emphasized the need to negotiate new arms control arrangements, despite broad geopolitical worries.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg rebuked Russia and China over global arms control.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg rebuked Russia and China over global arms control. (AN/Artur Voznenko/Unsplash)

A day after the Group of 20 issued a similar warning, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg described the nonproliferation agenda as weak and crumbling.

"This is a deeply challenging period – for arms control and for our security in general," Stoltenberg told a conference on arms control on Tuesday where he described Russia and China as dangerously irrresponsible nuclear-armed powers.

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