From Berlin to Tokyo, the fears of a new nuclear arms race / As long as France is in NATO, it will be unable to manage nuclear arms on its own -- expert / Japan skips UN nuclear arms conference to avoid 'wrong message' over US deterrence / Risk of direct military clash between nuclear powers extremely high -- Russian MFA / Presence of nuclear arms will rule out diktat in relations with Minsk -- defense minister / China ready to work with Russia, US in nuclear arms control -- Foreign Ministry / Russia may drop caps on nuclear arms, if US pushes ahead with missile defense effort -- MFA / World entering a new nuclear age, head of armed forces warns / Under Trump 2.0, what happens to nuclear arms control? / Nuclear arms unable to protect Ukraine, likely to aggravate conflict -- Chinese expert