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Associated PressJUL 8 2024
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that China decided to suspend a new round of negotiations with the US on arms control and nuclear proliferation in protest over Washington's arms sales to self-ruled Taiwan.
According to Beijing, recent and repeated US weapons sales to the island China considers part of its territory are seriously undermining „the political atmosphere for continuing the arms-control consultations.“
The Foreign Ministry further argued that continued US arms sales to Taiwan and a series of "negative" actions by the US - Taiwan's main ally and biggest arms supplier - seriously harm "China's core interests and undermine mutual political trust."
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