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FM calls on US to abide by ABM treaty
China warned yesterday that the destruction of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty would spark a new arms race, which will be unfavourable for world peace, development and stability.
"We believe that the ABM treaty is the cornerstone for safeguarding the global strategic balance and stability," Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao said while talking about US President George W. Bush's May 1 remarks on the development of a missile defence system.
If the treaty is destroyed, the global strategic balance and stability will be broken and the international arms control process and non-proliferation efforts will be impeded, Zhu said.
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