Nuclear Weapon States Working-Level Experts Meeting on Strategic Risk Reduction

The United States is currently the chair of the dialogue among the five Nuclear Weapon States in an ongoing exchange in the context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

In this capacity, the United States organized a working-level experts meeting with counterparts from the People’s Republic of China, France, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on August 2 in Vienna.

Participants discussed strategic risks and measures to reduce those risks.  They welcomed the professional approach of the delegations and noted the significance of the substantive and informative expert-level discussions over the course of the last year.  They also affirmed the need to continue these challenging but important discussions.