China’s Xi calls for world without nuclear weapons

TIL Desk/World/Beijing-Nations should strive for a world where nuclear weapons are prohibited and where existing stocks are destroyed, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech at the United Nations. “Nuclear weapons should be completely prohibited and destroyed over time to make the world free of nuclear weapons,” the Chinese president said in Geneva.

In a lengthy address at the UN’s European headquarters alongside with the world body’s new chief Antonio Guterres, Xi also made a robust case for a global governance system based on equality among nations. “We should reject dominance by just one or several countries”, Xi said, adding that “major powers should respect each other’s core interests.”

“Big countries should treat smaller countries as equals instead of acting as a hegemon imposing their will on others,” he further said. In his disarmament call and plea for sovereign equality Xi offered China as a nation “committed to building a world of lasting peace.”