On August 12, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Guo Jiakun answered questions from reporters. A reporter asked a question: At the Geneva Conference on Disarmament held on August 11, the United States and other countries made a joint statement accusing the countries concerned of not following the standard practice of early notification of a missile launch into the Pacific Ocean, increasing the risk of misjudgment and undermining regional stability, and claiming that the countries concerned should implement the “Hague Code of Conduct to Prevent Ballistic Missile Proliferation.” Outsiders believe that the joint statement was in response to China's test launch of a submarine-launched strategic missile in July this year. What comments does the Chinese side have on this? Guo Jiakun said that the United States and other countries made a so-called joint statement at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, using the “Hague Code of Conduct to Prevent Ballistic Missile Proliferation” and insinuating China's missile test activities were entirely for political purposes, fully exposing their hypocrisy and “double standard” practices. China urges the countries concerned to stop abusing multilateral arms control mechanisms, replace unreasonable confrontation with sincere dialogue, and create the necessary conditions for strengthening dialogue and exchanges in the field of arms control.

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