Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Konstantin Kosachev MOSCOW, Jan 3 The Nuclear Five demonstrates to the world that he is aware of his exclusive responsibility for global security, in any case, in terms of nuclear arms control, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev told RIA Novosti, stressing not the declarativeness, but the substantiveness of the statement published on Monday. , France and the United States issued a joint statement on the prevention of war between the countries possessing nuclear weapons, the text of the document was published on the Kremlin website on Monday. The heads of the nuclear five countries also declared their determination to conduct a dialogue based on mutual respect and recognition of each other's interests. China commented on the statement «This is a very timely and definitely not a declarative, but a very meaningful statement. The Five demonstrates to the whole world that they are aware of their exclusive responsibility for global security, at least in terms of nuclear arms control and preventing the proliferation of relevant technologies.» Kosachev said. According to the senator, this is «a good start to the year.»
