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China committed to boosting early entry-into-force of nuclear test ban treaty: official

Xinhua, September 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

China is committed to boosting the early entry-into-force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), the head of the Chinese delegation said here Tuesday.

Wang Qun, director-general of the Department of Arms Control of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, made the remarks at the 9th Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT held at the United Nations (UN) headquarters.

China has always supported the purposes and objectives of the treaty and honored its commitments to the suspension of nuclear tests, Wang said when addressing the conference.

He added that the Chinese government is accelerating its own domestic ratification proceedings of the treaty.

Open for signature in 1996, the CTBT is a legally binding global ban on nuclear explosive testing and has yet to go into effect.

Under the treaty, the UN holds the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT every two years. China sent its delegation to the eight previous meetings. Endi