First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee Vyacheslav Nikonov MOSCOW, Jan 3 The joint statement of the countries of the «nuclear five» is a historic event, very important in the conditions of world tension, Vyacheslav Nikonov, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma committee on international affairs, told RIA Novosti. The leaders of Russia, China, Great Britain, France and the United States issued a joint statement on preventing war between the countries with nuclear weapons, the text of the document was published on Monday on the Kremlin website. The heads of the countries of the «nuclear five» also declared their determination to conduct a dialogue on the basis of mutual respect and recognition of each other's interests. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the statement of the «nuclear five» was prepared on the Russian initiative. «In my opinion, this is a very important event in world politics, because, in fact, there have been no such statements from the leaders of the five permanent members of the Security Council for a very long time. UN: In recent years, there has been a feeling that they, in principle, are not capable of agreeing on anything and that the Russian side is beating a closed door trying to provide security guarantees for all states on the planet. pass for nothing, «Nikonov emphasized. The politician noted that the diplomacy of Russian leader Vladimir Putin also plays a role here. According to him, the Russian president probably discussed the statement during recent conversations and meetings with leaders of other countries. 
The Federation Council called the statement of the «nuclear five» a victory of common sense. » , which were taken by many as an ultimatum, «he added. The parliamentarian commented on the content of the statement, added that his theses were verified and meaningful. 
China commented on the statement of the «nuclear five» «The text is extremely verified and, I would say, quite radical. It confirms the adherence to Article VI of the NPT on striving for general disarmament in general, which has not been remembered for a long time. It is very important that the need to prevent unauthorized the use of nuclear weapons, the return to observance of the principles of non-targeting of nuclear weapons at each other. It is important that it says that it is necessary to take into account each other's concerns, which they have also tried to forget about recently, «he stated. Earlier, Putin suggested organizing a meeting of the leaders of the countries of the «nuclear five» — permanent members of the UN Security Council (Russia, USA, China, France, Great Britain), all countries have expressed their readiness to take part in it. After the joint statement of the «five» published on Monday, the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti that it «does not rule out that a summit of permanent members of the UN Security Council is still needed.» 
Kosachev commented on the joint statement of the» nuclear five «
