China News Agency, Berlin, June 9. Vienna News: On June 9, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency reviewed "the transfer of nuclear materials involved in the nuclear submarine cooperation between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and its safeguards, which affect the various aspects of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). issues”.
Ambassador Wang Qun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations in Vienna, said that the US-UK-Australia nuclear submarine cooperation is "three violations", and the international community has continued to express serious concerns.
The three countries must give the international community a due account.
Wang Qun said that the US-UK-Australia nuclear submarine cooperation violated the NPT, the agency's comprehensive safeguards agreement, and the additional protocol signed by Australia and the agency.
No matter what name the three countries use for their nuclear submarine cooperation, and no matter how the relevant nuclear weapons materials are handled, the issue of illegal transfer of nuclear weapons materials involved in the trilateral cooperation cannot be avoided.
Wang Qun said that the US-UK-Australia nuclear submarine cooperation is related to global strategic stability, international security order, regional peace and stability and the global non-proliferation system. The negative impact is huge and far-reaching, and the corresponding international and regional security mechanisms should respond from a political perspective.
At the same time, the agency must also respond to this in accordance with the agency's mandate and mandate.
The agency director-general has reminded and urged the three countries to fulfill their relevant non-proliferation legal obligations in relevant reports.
The three countries cannot repeatedly adopt the "ostrich policy" and must earnestly fulfill their non-proliferation legal obligations; Australia, as a non-nuclear-weapon state stipulated by the NPT, must declare its nuclear weapons materials and related facilities in a timely and comprehensive manner at all stages.
Paper cannot hold fire.
Wang Qun pointed out that the United States and the United Kingdom pursue double standards on the issue of nuclear proliferation. On the one hand, they impose unilateral sanctions on some non-nuclear-weapon states for developing and acquiring civilian nuclear materials. On the other hand, they openly and directly confront Australia. Australia proliferates nuclear weapons materials; on the one hand, it accuses some countries of failing to declare complete and accurate information to the agency, and on the other hand, it blatantly and directly encourages Australia to refuse to fulfill its declaration obligations under the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and the Additional Protocol.
This act will have a catastrophic impact on the international nuclear non-proliferation regime and the settlement of hot issues such as the Iranian nuclear issue and the North Korean nuclear issue.
Wang Qun emphasized that Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward in the global security initiative, calling on all parties to adhere to a common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security concept, abandon the Cold War mentality, oppose unilateralism, and refrain from bloc politics and camp confrontation. Society generally welcomes.
Some countries, on the other hand, adhere to "centrism" and "exceptionalism", hold a Cold War mentality, follow the logic of hegemony, and promote bloc politics. This is against the trend of history and will only lead to conflict and confrontation and divide the international community.
Finally, Wang Qun called on all parties to jointly implement the global security initiative, maintain the relevant intergovernmental discussion process, jointly explore solutions to the issue of nuclear submarine cooperation among the three countries, and take concrete actions to defend the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, maintain the international nuclear non-proliferation system, and safeguard the international peace and security.
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