Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China has decided to suspend talks with the United States to hold a new round of arms control and non-proliferation consultations, and the responsibility for this situation lies entirely with the United States

On July 17, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian presided over a regular press conference. According to a reporter's question, China and the United States held arms control and non-proliferation consultations in Washington in November 2023. For some time, some senior US officials have accused China of refusing to hold a new round of consultations with the US on different occasions, and have not made a substantive response to the relevant US proposals. What is China's comment on this? Lin Jian said that for some time, the US has ignored China's firm opposition and repeated negotiations, continued to sell arms to Taiwan, taken a series of negative actions that seriously damaged China's core interests, undermined political mutual trust between the two sides, and seriously damaged the political atmosphere for the two sides to continue arms control consultations. To this end, China has decided to suspend talks with the US to hold a new round of arms control and non-proliferation consultations. The responsibility for this situation lies entirely with the US.