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.)