Beijing: China on Thursday rejected the proposal of the US to negotiate a new trilateral treaty with Russia on the abolition of short and medium-range nuclear missiles, calling the plan neither fair nor reasonable. On August 2, the US government withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty it had signed with Russia during the Cold War, and invited China to join a “new era” of arms control, which would include other countries with strong military power. The US then test-fired a cruise missile with a reach of more than 500 km just two weeks after abandoning the INF treaty. “The request for China to participate in the trilateral negotiations is not fair, reasonable,” Chinese Defence Ministry spokesperson Ren Guoqiang said in a press conference.
“On the contrary, the US is the country with the biggest nuclear arsenal and should shoulder its special responsibility in arm controls and create conditions for other countries to participate in nuclear disarmament, instead of retreating from treaties easily. “After the US withdrew from the INF, it soon conducted missile tests. This shows US actions don’t match with their words. We think this move will increase risks in the region and undermine security and stability in the world and the region. (IANS)
Beijing, Aug 29: China on Thursday rejected the proposal of the US to negotiate a new trilateral treaty with Russia on the abolition of short and medium-range nuclear missiles, calling the plan neither fair nor reasonable. On August 2, the US government withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty it had signed with Russia during the Cold War, and invited China to join a “new era” of arms control, which would include other countries with strong military power. The US then test-fired a cruise missile with a reach of more than 500 km just two weeks after abandoning the INF treaty. “The request for China to participate in the trilateral negotiations is not fair, reasonable,” Chinese Defence Ministry spokesperson Ren Guoqiang said in a press conference.
“On the contrary, the US is the country with the biggest nuclear arsenal and should shoulder its special responsibility in arm controls and create conditions for other countries to participate in nuclear disarmament, instead of retreating from treaties easily. “After the US withdrew from the INF, it soon conducted missile tests. This shows US actions don’t match with their words. We think this move will increase risks in the region and undermine security and stability in the world and the region. (IANS)