Beijing, 4 Apr (ZXS) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular news conference on 18 April that China once again urges the G18 to stop slandering and smearing other countries and stop inciting confrontation.
A reporter asked, on the 18th, the G<> foreign ministers issued a joint statement, concerned about China's expansion of nuclear arsenal, not participating in arms control and risk reduction measures, and called on China and the United States to carry out strategic risk reduction dialogue, and promote stability by improving nuclear transparency. What is China's comment on this?
"First of all, I would like to reiterate that China has always firmly pursued a nuclear strategy of self-defense, adhered to the policy of no first use of nuclear weapons, and always maintained its nuclear forces at the minimum level required for national security." Wang Wenbin pointed out that China is the only one of the five nuclear-weapon states to make the above-mentioned commitments. As long as no country uses or threatens to use nuclear weapons against China, it will not be threatened by China's nuclear weapons, which is also the most practical transparency. China actively participates in multilateral arms control processes such as the five-nuclear-weapon regime, the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and the First Committee of the General Assembly. "The G7 ignores the facts, tries to manipulate rhetoric and confuse the public, and does not represent the common voice of the international community."
Wang Wenbin said that the G7 considers itself a judge and arbitrarily judges other countries' strategic security and arms control policies, while constantly undermining the international nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation regime, which cannot win the trust of the international community. The United States, which has the largest and most advanced nuclear arsenal, has constantly broken treaties and withdrawn from the group in the field of arms control, adhered to the nuclear deterrence policy of first using nuclear weapons, upgraded its "triad" nuclear forces, strengthened and attempted to replicate the "nuclear sharing" arrangement, and promoted the forward deployment of strategic forces, which has become the most prominent source of destruction and risk in the field of international peace and security. The United States and the United Kingdom have also openly transferred nuclear submarine power reactors and weapons-grade highly enriched uranium to Australia, posing a serious risk of nuclear proliferation and violating the object and purpose of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
"I would also like to emphasize that Japan, as the rotating chair of the G7, has an extremely hypocritical policy position in the field of arms control." Wang Wenbin said that Japan has long regarded itself as a victim of nuclear explosions and advocated the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free world, but in fact enjoys the "nuclear umbrella" of the United States, opposes and obstructs the United States from abandoning the policy of first use of nuclear weapons, and some Japanese politicians even clamored for "nuclear sharing" with the United States. The Japanese government has also ignored the international public interest and insisted on promoting the discharge of Fukushima's contaminated water into the ocean, imposing unpredictable risks of nuclear pollution on people around the world.
Wang Wenbin pointed out that China once again urges the G7 to stop slandering and smearing other countries, stop inciting confrontation and confrontation, reflect on its own strategic security policies, earnestly fulfill relevant international arms control obligations, and shoulder its due responsibilities for maintaining world peace and security. (End)