On September 26, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin hosted a regular press conference.
A reporter asked: On September 24, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced when he attended the general debate of the 77th UN General Assembly and delivered a speech that China has initiated the relevant domestic legal procedures to ratify the Firearms Protocol.
Can the spokesperson give further details?
Wang Wenbin pointed out that the proliferation of guns is a common threat facing the world. The illegal manufacture and trafficking of guns not only cause a large number of civilian casualties, but also have obvious spillover effects, aggravate regional instability, fuel terrorism and transnational organized crime, and the global gun control deficit needs to be solved urgently. , which requires the international community to strengthen cooperation and jointly respond.
Wang Wenbin emphasized that the Chinese government has always attached great importance to the issue of gun control and firmly opposed the illegal manufacture and trafficking of guns.
After years of hard work, China has become one of the safest countries in the world with the fewest gun-related violent crimes.
China strictly implements military export management, earnestly fulfills its international obligations, and actively conducts international exchanges and cooperation, which has been widely praised by the international community.
China is willing to take the ratification of the Firearms Protocol as an opportunity to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with all parties, work together to solve the problem of the proliferation of firearms around the world, and make positive contributions to maintaining international and regional peace and security.
(produced by Liu Peng)
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]