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[Global Network Report] US officials have turned the tables again. According to information released on the official website of the US think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), when Vipin Narang, the acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy, attended the think tank's "nuclear risk and arms control" event on Thursday (August 1) local time, he continued the usual routine of US politicians to smear China, claiming that China "rejects arms control negotiations" and even brazenly claimed that the United States' "sincere efforts" on this issue were rejected by China. Regarding the Sino-US arms control negotiations, China announced last month that it had decided to suspend discussions with the United States to hold a new round of arms control and non-proliferation consultations, and said that the responsibility for this situation lies entirely with the United States.

Nalan claimed at the above event that the United States had made "sincere efforts" to negotiate with China to reduce risks, but was rejected. He tried to shift the responsibility to China, repeatedly emphasizing in his speech that "it depends on Beijing" and exaggerating that "even during the Cold War, at the most intense period of the Cold War, we were able to carry out substantial arms control."

On August 1, local time, Vipin Narendra gave a speech on the topic of "Nuclear Risks and Arms Control" at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a US think tank, and answered questions. Source: CSIS official website

Nalan's statement on arms control is not significantly different from the previous attitude of US officials and politicians who shirk their own responsibilities while blaming other countries.

Just last month, China responded to issues related to arms control. At the regular press conference of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 17, a reporter asked: In November 2023, China and the United States held arms control and non-proliferation consultations in Washington. For a period of time, some senior US officials have accused China on different occasions of refusing to hold a new round of consultations with the United States and not making a substantive response to the relevant US proposals. What is China's comment on this?

In this regard, spokesman Lin Jian said that for some time, the US has ignored China's firm opposition and repeated representations, continued to sell arms to Taiwan, and taken a series of negative actions that seriously damaged China's core interests and undermined mutual trust between the two sides, seriously undermining the political atmosphere for the two sides to continue arms control consultations. For this reason, China has decided to suspend negotiations 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. "China is willing to maintain communication with the US on international arms control issues on the basis of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, but the US must respect China's core interests and create the necessary conditions for dialogue and exchanges between the two sides," said Lin Jian.