MND: US UK Australia Nuclear Propulsion Agreement Severely Undermine International Non Proliferation Regime

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MND: US-UK-Australia Nuclear Propulsion Agreement Severely Undermine International Non-Proliferation Regime

Source： Ministry of National Defense Editor：Li Weichao2024-08-29 16:42:59

Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense answered media queries at a press conference on the afternoon of August 29.

Question: It is reported that Agreement Among the Government of Australia, the Government of the United Kingdom of Greater Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Government of the United States of America for Cooperation Related to Naval Nuclear Propulsion was signed under the framework of AUKUS. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense of Australia said that the Agreement will enable the AUKUS partners to share nuclear materials and information. What's your comment？

Answer: The US, the UK and Australia set up the so-called AUKUS, and signed a cooperation agreement on nuclear propulsion to greenlight the transfer of nuclear-powered submarine reactors, as well as a large number of weapons-grade highly enriched uranium from nuclear-weapon states to non-nuclear-weapon states. Such acts severely undermine the international non-proliferation regime, gravely provoke nuclear arms race around the world, and seriously jeopardize regional peace and stability. It has triggered strong concern in the international community, with lots of questions raised by the Australian people themselves. We urge relevant parties to earnestly listen to the insightful and visionary voices from the international community, abandon their obsession with the Cold War and zero-sum mentality, and refrain from going further down the wrong and dangerous path.

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