The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Friday that China hopes the U.S. will continue to work with Russia to ensure the smooth extension of the New START arms treaty. 

The extension will be conducive to maintaining global strategic stability, peace and security, said spokesperson Hua Chunying at a regular briefing. 

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U.S. President Joe Biden will seek a five-year extension to the New START arms control treaty with Russia, the White House said on Thursday ahead of the treaty expiration on February 5.  

"The United States intends to seek a five-year extension of New START, as the treaty permits," said Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, adding "this extension makes even more sense when the relationship with Russia is adversarial as it is at this time."

The Kremlin on Friday welcomed Biden's intention to extend the New START arms control treaty by five years, but said that Moscow wanted to see concrete proposals from Washington.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was important to see the detail of the U.S. proposal. The Trump administration had sought to attach conditions to any renewal, something Moscow rejected.

Hua said she hopes the U.S. can further reduce its nuclear arsenals, fulfill its responsibility for nuclear disarmament and create conditions for the ultimate realization of general and complete nuclear disarmament.