US President Donald Trump is willing to hold a summit with the leaders of Russia, China, Britain and France - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - to discuss arms control, a senior administration official said on Friday, SIA reports reerring to Reuters.
Trump wants to use the meeting to try to make progress on a three-way arms control deal with Russia and China, the official said. The timing for a summit was unclear. Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised the idea of a summit of what is known as the P5 to discuss a variety of global issues.
Neither Russia nor China are members of the Group of Seven nations that will hold their annual summit in Camp David, Maryland, this year. The official would not speculate on where a P5 summit would be held, but one logical option could be the UN General Assembly, where world leaders gather annually in September.
The nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia dwarf that of China. But Beijing’s military buildup in the Asia-Pacific region has alarmed US allies and policymakers. China has rejected Trump’s proposal, arguing that its smaller nuclear force is defensive and poses no threat.
“Both Russia and China have an interest in avoiding a United States that is unconstrained in its ability to modernise and field nuclear forces," the official said.
The official added, "As the major military powers of the day, and members of the P5, Russia, China, and the United States have an obligation to reduce risk and engage in arms control. Not doing so would be irresponsible.”
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