China News Service, Beijing, December 16 (Huang Yuqin) In response to the agreement signed by China and Russia to extend the mutual notification agreement on the launch of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference on the 16th that the China-Russia Protocol The signing has injected positive energy into maintaining the international arms control system and provided a strong guarantee for maintaining global strategic stability.
A reporter asked questions. According to media reports, China and Russia signed a protocol on December 15, agreeing to extend the validity of the agreement on mutual notification of the launch of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles signed in 2009 by the two parties for 10 years.
What is the significance of this move for Sino-Russian bilateral relations?
What impact will it have on the global strategic stability and arms control process?
Wang Wenbin said that the Ministry of National Defense of China has released relevant news.
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and Russian Defense Minister Shoigu formally signed the "Regarding the Extension of October 13, 2009" between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation on the mutual notification of the launch of ballistic missiles and space carrier rockets. Agreement>Protocol of Validity Period", extending the validity of the agreement for 10 years.
The two defense chiefs also held a video conference specifically for this purpose, emphasizing that the two militaries are willing to strengthen pragmatic cooperation on this basis and further enrich the connotation of bilateral relations.
Wang Wenbin pointed out that the signing of the aforementioned protocol is a vivid manifestation of the high level and particularity of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Russia in the new era. It has injected positive energy into maintaining the international arms control system and provided a strong guarantee for maintaining global strategic stability.
China is willing to continue to work with Russia to continuously enrich the connotation of the relations between the two countries, deepen the pragmatic cooperation between the two militaries, bring more benefits to the two countries and their peoples, and make more contributions to the maintenance of world peace and stability.
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