NATO recently released its annual report, labelling China as a “systemic challenge” and claiming that the country is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal and that its policies pose a threat to the interests, security and values of NATO member states. In regard to this, the spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense of China strongly rebuked such assertions.
Stating that the relevant report by NATO which hypes up the so-called “China threat” blatantly disregarded the facts and simply barked up the wrong tree, the spokesperson continued as follows:
China never seeks to challenge or threaten anyone. China's nuclear policy is highly stable, consistent, and predictable. China unswervingly follows a nuclear strategy of self-defense, with its nuclear forces always kept at the minimum level required for national security. In contrast, NATO has been overreaching in recent years, expanding its remit, and interfering in the Asia-Pacific. These actions seriously undermine regional peace and stability.
NATO possesses the world's largest nuclear arsenal through its nuclear-sharing arrangements. Some member states are investing heavily in upgrading their strategic forces and there are plans to pursue nuclear submarine cooperation that would involve the large-scale transfer of weapon-grade nuclear material to non-nuclear-weapon states.
Noting that relevant practices constitute a grave violation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), severely undermine the international nuclear non-proliferation system, and deal a huge blow to global strategic security and stability, the spokesperson strongly urged NATO to take a hard look at its own actions instead of making groundless accusations and shifting blame onto others.
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