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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) — China's Defense Ministry on Thursday dismissed recent U.S. accusations of nuclear testing as groundless slander and called on the U.S. to fulfill its special and primary responsibilities for nuclear disarmament.
These remarks were made by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China, Jiang Bin, at a regular press conference in response to a media question regarding statements by US officials.
China adheres to the nuclear self-defense strategy, implements the policy of no first use of nuclear weapons, and unconditionally commits not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon countries and areas.
China maintains its nuclear potential at the minimum level necessary for national security. It does not engage in a nuclear arms race with any other country, he continued, adding that China actively participates in the review process of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and in meetings of the P5 nuclear-weapon-state cooperation mechanism, and maintains dialogue with all parties on nuclear arms control issues.
In pursuit of absolute security superiority, the United States has undermined the international consensus on arms control, withdrawn from international treaties, and invested heavily in modernizing its “nuclear triad,” Jiang Bin said.
He added that the United States is developing the Golden Dome global missile defense system, deploying ground-based intermediate-range weapons in the Asia-Pacific region, allowing the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty to lapse, seeking to resume nuclear testing, and applying double standards in nuclear non-proliferation, which has seriously undermined the global strategic balance and stability.
As the world's largest nuclear weapons country, the United States should faithfully fulfill its special and primary responsibilities for nuclear disarmament, carry out further substantial reductions in its nuclear arsenal, and create conditions for other nuclear-weapon states to join the disarmament process, a Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman said. -0-
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