The American administration believes that disarmament control should become a multilateral issue, to which China should also join. This is mentioned in the article on the business trip of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which was distributed by the State Department.
"First of all, disarmament control can no longer be a bilateral issue between the United States and Russia. As the president clearly stated, other countries, first of all China, are also responsible for ensuring strategic stability. Second, we will not accept terms that harm the United States, and we will not ignore treaty violations in order to reach a future agreement.
We have clearly formulated our standards and we will not abandon them just for disarmament control. Third, we will always negotiate from a position of strength. Russia and China should not wait for the United States to sit idly by while they shirk their responsibilities and increase their nuclear forces," the head of American diplomacy wrote.
