With China withdrawing a draft resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against the AUKUS (Australia-UK-US) seeking to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines, India has claimed the credit for behind-the-scenes lobbying to thwart China’s attempt.
The Chinese mission to the UN in Vienna on Friday fully thwarted an amendment advocated by the three countries which form the AUKUS alliance which aimed at legalizing their nuclear-submarine cooperation at the 66th annual International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference held in Vienna from Monday to Friday, the Global Times learnt from the Chinese mission to the UN.
China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna, Wang Qun, reiterated most of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) member states’ deep concerns over the seven problems regarding the nuclear-powered submarine cooperation under AUKUS, the trilateral pact between the US, the UK and Australia on Thursday and noted that if the IAEA Secretariat is ultimately used as a “Trojan horse” by the US, UK and Australia, the international communities’ interests will be undermined.
China s permanent mission to the United Nations in Vienna urged the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) not to pull chestnuts out of the fire and not to endorse the nuclear proliferation practices of the US, UK and Australia.