11. The United States, Britain and Russia have also observed the moratorium, but China has resumed testing. 12. We encourage other nations to establish and observe such moratoria. 13. France and China are the only acknowledged nuclear powers who are not observing a moratorium on testing. 14. After initially observing the moratorium, France resumed testing this year. 15. All other nuclear powers are observing a moratorium on testing. 16. Beijing has said it will carry out one more test and then observe a moratorium from September. 17. Both China and France have recently conducted nuclear tests and all other nuclear powers are observing a moratorium on testing. 18. China carried out a nuclear test Monday and declared it would now observe a moratorium as of Tuesday, the official Xinhua news agency said. 19. China said it would conduct one more test before September and then observe a moratorium on testing. 20. The other three declared nuclear powers -- Britain, the United States and Russia -- have been observing the moratorium along with France. |