1st LD: 2015 NPT Review Conference is of "historical significance": China

China said here Monday that the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is "of historical significance" and that "the treaty has stood the test of changing international landscape, and made important contribution to the endeavor of upholding international peace, security and stability. "

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong, the head of the Chinese delegation to the 2015 NPT Review Conference, made the remarks when he was taking the floor at the general debate of the ongoing conference, which opened here earlier Monday.

"The 2015 Review Conference is of historical significance, as 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the end of the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the 45th anniversary of the NPT entry into force and the 20th anniversary of the indefinite extension of the treaty," Li said.

"As an important component of the post-world war international security system, the treaty has stood the test of changing international landscape, and made important contribution to the endeavor of upholding international peace, security and stability, " he said. Endite