Guomao District in Beijing. File photoBEJING, Aug 29The NPT Review Conference failed to reach consensus on an outcome document, but that does not mean it failed, efforts to defend the core message and goals of the treaty must not stop, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a briefing on Monday. deteriorating global strategic security situation and serious challenges facing the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regimes Participants held comprehensive and in-depth discussions on the three main pillars of the treaty — international agreements, nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and peaceful uses of atomic energy , the parties also made constructive efforts to reach the final document,» the diplomat said.Japan regrets that the final document of the NPT conference was not adopted. He noted that «in the end, the conference could not reach consensus on the final document, the Chinese side regrets it.» «This once again proves that treaty mechanisms do not work in a vacuum,» — Zhao Lijian emphasized. At the same time, he also added that, according to China, «the inability of the conference to adopt the final document does not mean that it failed.» The diplomat added that during the conference, the parties were able to express their ideas, positions and demands, which «has great importance for understanding and comprehending the complex and serious evolution of the current international situation, as well as for jointly considering and responding to serious challenges facing the international nuclear non-proliferation regime. «The NPT Review Conference has ended, but efforts to protect the main idea and goals of the treaty must not stop «, — he added. Earlier, the NPT Review Conference was unable to reach a consensus on the outcome new document. Western states blamed Russia for this. Moscow, in turn, convicted the West of a politicized position and false statements about Ukraine. Igor Vishnevetsky, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, said that the Russian Federation proposed to modify five points of the document in order to bring them into line with the urgent agenda related to the NPT review process, to clear them of political connotations. However, the desire of the Russian delegation «to work did not find a response.» As chairman of the conference Gustavo Zlauvinen stated at the briefing, Russia demanded amendments to the paragraphs of the final document of the NPT Review Conference, which concerned the Zaporozhye NPP and the Budapest Memorandum. >Under Secretary General explained why the document was not adopted at the NPT conference
