BEIJING, June 27 -- "We require NATO to stop spreading false narratives, stop nuclear blackmailand coercion and stop going further down the wrong path," said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a regular press conference on Thursday.
According to reports, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO is in talks on taking missiles out of storage and placing them on standby in the face of a growing threat from Russia and China. He also claimed that China was investing heavily in modern weaponry, including nuclear weapons.
When being asked to comment on that, Senior Colonel WuQian pointed out thatNATO plays up the non-existent "China nuclear threat" in disregard of facts, which the Chinese side stands firmly against.
The spokesperson introduced that in recent years,NATO has continuously enhanced the role of nuclear weapons in its collective security policy, strengthened "nuclear sharing" arrangementsand upgraded the nuclear weapons deployed by the US in NATO countries.
"Such behaviors increase the risks of nuclear arms race and conflicts, and will surely be firmly opposed by the international community," noted the spokesperson.
"We require NATO to stop spreading false narratives, stop nuclear blackmailand coercion and stop going further down the wrong path," stressed the spokesperson.