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the 68th general conference of the international atomic energy agency is being held in vienna. under china's promotion, the agency has reviewed the issue of nuclear submarine cooperation between the united states, britain and australia for the 15th consecutive time in the form of intergovernmental discussions. on september 19, ambassador li song, china's permanent representative to the international atomic energy agency, delivered a keynote speech, deeply exposing the nuclear proliferation nature of the nuclear submarine cooperation between the united states, britain and australia, actively advocating to deal with the issue through a true multilateral approach, and firmly opposing unilateralism and double standards. russia and developing countries in asia, africa and latin america have spoken in support of china's position.

li song reviewed the positive progress china has made in promoting relevant intergovernmental discussions in multilateral occasions such as the united nations general assembly, the review process of the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and the international atomic energy agency over the past three years since the united states, britain and australia announced their cooperation on nuclear submarines, and pointed out that the majority of member states have further enhanced their understanding of the complexity and sensitivity of this issue. he stressed that the cooperation between the united states, britain and australia on nuclear submarines is outright nuclear proliferation, involving the transfer of several tons of weapons-grade highly enriched uranium, which poses a serious impact and severe challenge to the international nuclear non-proliferation mechanism and the international atomic energy agency's safeguards supervision system.

li song pointed out that it has been 30 years since the end of the cold war. the era when a few countries manipulated international organizations and controlled international rules, and imposed new rules and standards tailored for themselves out of their own selfish interests and pragmatism, should have gone forever! the issue of nuclear submarine cooperation between the united states, britain and australia must be handled through true multilateralism and in-depth discussions must be carried out through the intergovernmental process. there must be no "one-man show", unilateralism and double standards, let alone group politics and coercion of all parties to choose sides.

li song called on iaea member states to jointly advance the intergovernmental discussion process and properly respond to the challenges of nuclear submarine cooperation between the united states, britain and australia in the spirit of being highly responsible for the international nuclear non-proliferation mechanism.