He made this statement at a videoconference organized by the George W. Bush Foundation and the Jimmy Carter Center.
“Cooperation on nuclear submarines between the US, UK and Australia will only accelerate the arms race.
It undermines regional peace and stability and neglects international non-proliferation efforts.
This is extremely irresponsible, "- quotes the Chinese diplomat TASS.
On September 16, Britain, the United States and Australia announced a new AUKUS security partnership centered on the Indo-Pacific.
Within the framework of the alliance, it is planned to create nuclear submarines for the Australian Navy.
As Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, noted, Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarine production technology could create problems for the nonproliferation regime.