China calls for US ‘sincerity’ on Iran and warns of Japan’s ‘dangerous’ nuclear ambitions

China called on the United States to show “sincerity” in resolving the Iranian nuclear issue while sounding a warning about Japan’s discussion of possessing nuclear weapons in a recent official report.

The assessments appeared in China’s latest National Report on the Implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released on Monday.

The document outlines Beijing’s progress in nuclear disarmament and its long-standing nuclear policies, including no first use, while blaming the US for causing the current impasse over Iran’s nuclear issue as well as rebuking its military actions against Tehran.

According to the report, the military attacks by the US and Israel in both June last year and February this year “seriously violated international law and the purposes of the UN Charter”.

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It singled out America’s 2018 withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action – more commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal – as the “root cause” of the current tensions surrounding the Iranian nuclear issue.

South China Morning Post