China says US wrong on its part to pull out of 'nuclear arms agreement' unilaterally
It is wrong of the United States to unilaterally pull out of a landmark Cold War-era treaty that eliminated nuclear missiles from Europe, China said on Monday.
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular news briefing that China was opposed to the withdrawal.
On Sunday, President Donald Trump said Washington would withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, negotiated by then-president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987.
The pact provided for the elimination of short-range and intermediate-range nuclear and conventional missiles by both countries.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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