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#BREAKING Five world powers vow to prevent spread of nuclear weapons: statement

#UPDATE Five global nuclear powers have pledged to prevent atomic weapons spreading and to ensure a nuclear war is never fought, in a rare joint statement ahead of a review of a key nuclear treaty later this year

#UPDATE The five permanent UN Security Council members issued a rare joint statement ahead of a review of a key nuclear treaty later this year

Graphic on the global nuclear weapons stockpile according to estimates by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
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#UPDATE Five global nuclear powers pledged Monday to prevent atomic weapons spreading and to avoid nuclear conflict, in a rare joint statement setting aside rising West-East tensions to reaffirm a goal of a nuke-free world
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