00:00The Kremlin says neither Russia nor China has conducted secret nuclear tests, echoing Beijing's denials of US accusations.
00:09Washington has alleged that China carried out a covert test in 2020, calling for a new arms-control treaty that
00:16would include both China and Russia.
00:20A senior State Department official on Tuesday said the US could resume testing to match what it described as opaque
00:27Chinese activity.
00:28US President Donald Trump has been pushing for a trilateral nuclear pact to replace the expired New START Agreement, the
00:36last major arms-control treaty, between Russia and the United States.
00:40The treaty's expiry has raised fears of a faster global nuclear arms race, though some experts say such concerns may
00:48be overstated.
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