China Holds Arms Control Talks with US, Japan

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, November 28, 2001

China Holds Arms Control Talks with US, Japan

China and the United States will hold consultations at the vice-ministerial level on the issues of arms control and non-proliferation in Washington on November 30.

China and the United States will hold consultations at the vice-ministerial level on the issues of arms control and non-proliferation in Washington on November 30.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue told a regularpress conference Tuesday that Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya will head a delegation to attend the talks.

China is expected to have in-depth exchange of views with the US on the anti-missile issue and other matters, she added.

Zhang said that China and Japan held the director-level arms control consultations in Beijing this morning, and the two sides conferred on the international security situation and arms control,nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, prevention of biological and chemical weapons, and issues related to the Conference on Disarmament.

She said that the China-Japan consultations are regular ones.