国防部:美英澳核动力合作协议严重破坏国际核不扩散体系
Ministry of National Defense: The US-UK-Australia Nuclear Propulsion Agreement Severely Undermine the International Non-Proliferation Regime
8月29日下午,国防部举行例行记者会,国防部新闻局局长、国防部新闻发言人吴谦大校答记者问。
记者:据报道,美英澳在三边安全伙伴关系框架下签署了《美英澳海军核动力合作协议》。澳大利亚副总理兼防长称,签署的合作协议允许三国交换核材料及核信息。请问发言人有何评论?
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?
吴谦:美英澳建立所谓“三边安全伙伴关系”,签署有关核动力合作协议,为核武器国家向无核武器国家转让核潜艇动力堆及大量武器级高浓缩铀大开绿灯,严重破坏国际核不扩散体系,严重刺激核军备竞赛,严重危害地区和平稳定,引发国际社会高度关切,澳国内质疑的声音也从未停止过。希望有关国家认真倾听有识之士和国际社会呼声,摒弃冷战零和博弈的执念,不要在错误和危险的道路上越走越远。
Wu Qian: 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.