{"id":9200,"date":"2026-10-16T11:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T11:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=9200"},"modified":"2026-10-16T11:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T11:49:17","slug":"us-in-denuclearisation-talks-with-russia-and-china-trump-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=9200","title":{"rendered":"US in \u2018denuclearisation\u2019 talks with Russia and China: Trump | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US and Russia each have more than 4,000 warheads. China is set to catch up with them within five years, Trump says.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 16 Oct 2026<\/span>16 Oct 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The United States is engaged in talks with Russia and China regarding nuclear disarmament, President Donald Trump has announced.<\/p>\n

Trump said on Thursday that China \u2013 which lags behind the US and Russia in terms of the number of warheads it has \u2013 is racing to catch up. He added during an interview with US broadcaster Newsmax that Washington is discussing with its peers a route to \u201cdenuclearise\u201d.<\/p>\n

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China\u2019s nuclear stockpile of about 620 warheads is dwarfed by those of the US and Russia, which each have more than 4,000, but Trump said he thinks China will \u201ccatch up\u201d within five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole thing is a shame because I\u2019d love to denuclearise if possible,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe\u2019re actually talking \u2060to Russia about that, and \u2060we\u2019re talking to China about that denuclearisation.\u201d<\/p>\n

China doesn\u2019t seem willing to disarm, he noted, but said talks have continued. Newsmax reported that Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the subject, but no further details regarding the talks with either Russia or China were revealed.<\/p>\n

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Russia has the world\u2019s largest stockpile of nuclear warheads<\/a>, and the US is close behind, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).<\/p>\n

The two countries together possess an estimated 86 percent of all nuclear weapons globally.<\/p>\n

China has the third largest nuclear arsenal, according to SIPRI, having expanded it to 620 warheads in the past year.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s claims came shortly after the expiration of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, an arms control agreement between the US and Russia to limit their nuclear arsenals.<\/p>\n

A month after the treaty expired, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the Forward Deterrence Initiative as Russia\u2019s nuclear sabre-rattling during its war on Ukraine has spooked Europe.<\/p>\n

Former Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gareth Evans told Al Jazeera that the world\u2019s interest in the risk of nuclear weapons has waned.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The] world \u2026 has become alarmingly complacent about the risks of nuclear war with every major nuclear arms control agreement dead, dying or on life support and the longstanding taboo against threat or use eroding,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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