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21:49, September 04, 2007 |
China has a strict system of management over arms exports and only sells weapons to sovereign states, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said on Tuesday at a routine press conference.
Jiang's remark came in response to a question on news reports that some weapons used by the rebel group Taliban in Afghanistan were from China.
Jiang refuted the reports as "groundless," saying that China always takes a prudent and responsible attitude towards arms exports and imposes strict control over such exports according to China's international obligations and domestic laws and regulations.
Jiang said that China exports much less weapons to other countries in terms of both quality and quantity when compared with what some developed countries do, and China requires that importing countries must see to it that no arms exports from China be transferred to a third party.
China has also supported international efforts to curb illegal small arms trade, Jiang said.
Source: Xinhua
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