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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for the talks in Sochi, Russia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi enter a hall for the talks in Sochi, Russia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gestures while speaking to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, back to a camera, during the talks in Sochi, Russia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gestures while speaking during his and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov joint news conference following the talks in Sochi, Russia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi after their joint news conference following the talks in Sochi, Russia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrive for their joint news conference following the talks in Sochi, Russia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, foreground, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov enter a hall for their talks in Sochi, Russia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi leave their joint news conference following the talks in Sochi, Russia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)

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China 'has no interest' in joining US-Russia nuclear deal

By Associated Press AP

PUBLISHED 10:34 AM ET May. 13, 2019

MOSCOW (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says his country isn't interested in negotiating a nuclear arms control treaty with the United States and Russia.

Wang was in Russia's Sochi for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday, a day before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to do the same. U.S. President Donald Trump is withdrawing from a landmark nuclear treaty with Russia and has said he wants a new agreement that includes China as well.

But Wang told reporters after their meeting that China "has no interest" in being part of such a treaty. He said China keeps its arsenal of nuclear weapons at "the minimal level to ensure the defense policies."