Trump says he is talking to Russia and China about denuclearization

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 - ‌US President ​Donald ​Trump said on Thursday Washington is holding talks with Moscow and Beijing ‌aimed at denuclearizing the countries with the ⁠biggest stockpiles of nuclear weapons.

Russia has the most stored ‌nuclear warheads followed by ‌the United States and China, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The ​US outpaces Russia on its number of deployed warheads.

During an interview with Newsmax, Trump ⁠said he expects China to "catch up" with the US within ​the next five years.

"The whole thing is a shame, because I'd love to ​denuclearize if possible, but we're ‌actually talking to Russia about that, and we're talking to China about ⁠that denuclearization," Trump told the outlet.

Newsmax reported that Trump had spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping ⁠about denuclearization.

Trump's comments come months after the Strategic Arms ​Reduction Treaty expired earlier this year.

The New START treaty signed in 2010 allowed one single extension, which was ‌agreed by former President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin for ‌five years. Any new extension would require ⁠an executive decision ‌to voluntarily extend ​the limits of the treaty.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; editing by Lincoln ‌Feast.)

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