
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building in BeijingBEJING, Apr 6 US, UK, and Australia Statement The joint development of hypersonic weapons undermines peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a briefing on Monday. Earlier, the United States, Great Britain and Australia agreed to start new cooperation on the development of hypersonic weapons and means of protection against them. These countries are members of the AUKUS defense partnership, which was announced in September last year. «The US, UK and Australia, under the pretext of the Ukrainian crisis and ensuring security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, announced on a large scale that the US and UK will provide Australia with nuclear submarines, and also that the three countries will cooperate in the development of advanced military technologies, such as hypersonic weapons,» the diplomat said. According to him, «this not only increases the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation, it also jeopardizes the international nuclear non-proliferation regime , but also exacerbates the arms race in the Asia-Pacific region, undermines peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. American general

