Washington, Apr 17 (EFE).- The director of NATO Nuclear Policy, Jessica Cox, highlighted on Monday the importance of creating incentives for countries like Russia, China or North Korea to be willing to sign nuclear arms control treaties .
“We want to get back to a point where we have stability and we have to think about other mechanisms, it can’t just be binding treaties because Russia, China, North Korea and many other countries don’t want to sign binding arms control treaties right now.” , he stated at an event held in Washington.
Thus, he added, “we have to think about what we can do in the absence of binding and negotiated arms control to try to build that strategic stability in the system, until we can create the conditions in which those countries see control again.” of arms in their interest”.
Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate “what kind of things we can do as the US and NATO to try to encourage those countries to come to the negotiating table.”
Cox participated in an event organized by Howard University in which he defended the existence of nuclear arms control treaties.
“We shouldn’t always be looking to replicate what we’ve done in the past,” but rather think about “what kinds of things are really important for the future kinds of gun control we want to see,” because “a world without restrictions doesn’t interested,” he added.
In his speech, he referred to the war in Ukraine and insisted that NATO’s priority remains to ensure that Ukraine “has what it needs to win the war” and to ensure that the country is well positioned when it can enter into negotiations with Russia “at the time when that is possible and feasible.”
“This is going to be a long conflict and we are really focused on what we can do to support Ukraine,” he said.
The event was also attended by the Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security of the Department of State, Bonnie D. Jenkins, who stated that “the United States firmly believes that multilateralism and international cooperation are essential to effectively counter the proliferation of weapons nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction.
“As President Joe Biden has said, at this time of intense and clear political tension, diplomacy continues to be an essential part of safeguarding the security of the United States and our allies, as well as global stability,” he said.
This event took place one day before the opening of the Conference on Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction of the Atlantic Alliance to be held in Washington and in which NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will participate , and the US Under Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman.
