US: Trump says he wants new nuclear pact to be signed by both Russia & China

US President Donald Trump has said he wants a new nuclear pact to be signed by both Russia and China. Mr. Trump said he had spoken to the two countries about the idea, and both of them are agreeable. 

His comments came after the US withdrew from a key nuclear treaty with Russia, raising fears of a new



arms race. The US withdrawal yesterday followed accusations by Washington that Russia had violated the pact by deploying a new type of cruise missile. Moscow has, however, denied this. The Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty banned missiles with ranges of 500-5,500 km.