On January 16, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin presided over a regular press conference.
A reporter asked: A few days ago, the foreign ministers and defense ministers of the United States and Japan issued a joint statement after the "2+2" talks, expressing their continued concern about China's ongoing and accelerating nuclear arsenal expansion, and China's lack of transparency.
What is China's comment?
Wang Wenbin said that China has noticed relevant reports.
The U.S.-Japan joint statement manipulated rhetoric, confuses the public, and played up China's "nuclear threat" in an attempt to find excuses for loosening its own military power.
China firmly opposes this and has lodged solemn representations.
China has always firmly adhered to the nuclear strategy of self-defense and defense, adhered to the principle of no first use of nuclear weapons at any time and under any circumstances, and made an unconditional commitment not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states and nuclear-weapon-free zones.
China is the only one among the five nuclear-weapon states that has made the above commitment.
China's nuclear force has always been maintained at the minimum level required for national security.
As long as any country does not use nuclear weapons against China, it will not be threatened by China's nuclear weapons. This is the most practical transparency.
In fact, the negative moves of the United States and Japan on the issue of nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation deserve the high vigilance of the international community.
The United States has the world's largest and most advanced nuclear arsenal. It has invested trillions of dollars to upgrade the "Trinity" nuclear force, develop low-yield nuclear weapons, lower the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons, and promote the construction of an extremely powerful nuclear power by selling nuclear submarines and strengthening the "nuclear umbrella." The "small circle" with the color of the Cold War.
As a non-nuclear-weapon signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Japan should earnestly fulfill its international obligations for nuclear non-proliferation, but it has always enjoyed the "nuclear umbrella" of the United States, and even opposed and obstructed the United States from giving up its policy of first use of nuclear weapons. The international community has long been concerned about this. Cut and question.
China urges and advises the United States and Japan to abandon the Cold War mentality and camp confrontation, earnestly fulfill their nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation obligations, and play their due role in maintaining international and regional peace and stability.
(making Yueziyan)
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]