U.S. report says China has not abided by its commitment to moratorium on nuclear tests

　　Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin hosted a regular press conference on April 19.

　　A reporter asked: Recently, the US State Department released the 2022 Arms Control Compliance Report, accusing China of failing to abide by the moratorium on nuclear tests and missile non-proliferation commitments, and questioning China's implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention.

What is China's comment?

　　Wang Wenbin responded that the United States concocts the so-called "Arms Control Compliance Report" every year, posing as a judge and a judge, making irresponsible remarks about other countries' arms control and non-proliferation policies and practices, and branding itself as a "Model", self-painting, very absurd.

　　In fact, the United States has a poor record of compliance in the field of arms control and non-proliferation.

In recent years, the U.S. has adopted a pragmatic attitude of “use it if you use it, and discard it if you don’t.” It has withdrawn from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and the Open Skies Treaty, withdrawn the signing of the Arms Trade Treaty, and has made a fuss about the Iranian nuclear issue. The above position is repeated.

　　The United States provides nuclear submarine technology to Australia, a non-nuclear-weapon state, cooperates in the development of hypersonic weapons, and sells Tomahawk cruise missiles that can carry nuclear warheads to other countries, increasing the risk of nuclear proliferation and impacting the international nuclear non-proliferation system.

The United States exclusively blocked the negotiation of the verification protocol of the Biological Weapons Convention, and established biological laboratories and biological military activities around the world.

The United States is also the only party to the Chemical Weapons Convention that has not completed the destruction of its stockpile of chemical weapons.

　　What the US has done has seriously undermined the global strategic balance and stability, hindered the process of international arms control and disarmament, and has been widely condemned by the international community.

Instead of introspecting, the United States keeps pouring dirty water on other countries. In essence, it is creating an excuse and looking for a scapegoat for itself to get rid of its treaty obligations.

In this regard, the international community, including people of insight in the United States, see it very clearly.

　　It needs to be pointed out that the accusations made by the US against China are purely based on speculation and non-existent.

In terms of compliance with arms control treaties, the international community has its own public opinion on whether China and the United States have performed better or worse.

(Produced by Zhou Jing)

Responsible editor: [Chen Wentao]