Trump wants nuclear reduction talks with China, Russia

China's development of nuclear weapons is a historic choice forced to be made. As a responsible major country, China is committed to the path of peaceful development and friendly cooperation with all countries in the world."

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun at a Wednesday press conference

I was dealing with Putin about the denuclearization of Russia and the United States. And then we were going to bring China along on that one. I was very close to having a deal. I would have made a deal with Putin on that denuclearization. It's very dangerous and very expensive, and that would have been great, but we had a bad election that interrupted us."

Trump during Fox News' interview with Sean Hannity

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We see the statements by the newly elected president of the United States and members of his team about the desire to restore direct contacts with Russia. We also hear his statement about the need to do everything possible to prevent World War III. We, of course, welcome this attitude and congratulate the elected president of the United States of America on taking office."

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, in a state television address

All we want is fairness. We just want a level playing field,

Trump said

China has realized Trump can be negotiated with, but he is a different, new Trump – what we committed to last time may not satisfy his new desires,

said Shanghai-based foreign affairs analyst Shen Dingli

China realizes that’s there an opportunity to negotiate with Trump,

said political scholar Liu Dongshu of the City University of Hong Kong

This does not mean that the China-US relationship is any easier; it’s just that the US approach has changed,

Jin Canrong, deputy director of the China-US Research Center at Renmin University in Beijing, said in a video posted on his account on the social media platform Weibo

The important thing is to respect each other’s core interests, ... On the

the Chinese leader said, name-checking Taiwan, the self-ruling democracy Beijing claims and has vowed to take control of, as an issue the US needs to treat with “prudence.” ... he intimated

Rather than adopting a blanket veto of all US proposals,” China should “analyze which issues require opposition and which can be cooperated on based on our own interests,

he said

It went fine. It was a good, friendly conversation,

Trump told Fox News

The call was a very good one for both China and the U.S.A. It is my expectation that we will solve many problems together, and starting immediately … President Xi and I will do everything possible to make the World more peaceful and safe!"

Trump said in his post on the Truth Social media platform

We'd like to see denuclearization ... and I will tell you President Putin really liked the idea of cutting way back on nuclear,

he said in a speech by videolink from the White House

As we restore common sense in America, we're moving quickly to bring back strength and peace and stability abroad,

he said

The Chinese side hopes that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, both sides will ... strengthen dialogue and communication, properly manage differences, expand mutually beneficial cooperation and promote the stable and healthy development of China-U.S. economic and trade relations,

He added during a weekly press conference