Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang (right) meets with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said that the IAEA will not approve the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea by any country and will not accept any activity that violates international safety standards. Meeting with the Chinese state. Chancellor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing on Tuesday.
Grossi meets many high-ranking officials and visits nuclear facilities and institutions in Beijing, Shanghai and Shandong, during his first official visit to China.
Qin said China resolutely pursues a strategy of nuclear self-defense, firmly adheres to maintaining the international nuclear non-proliferation regime on the basis of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and firmly supports the peaceful use of nuclear energy. , enhance its nuclear security and support international cooperation in the field of nuclear security.
China and the IAEA enjoy healthy cooperation with a solid foundation and broad prospects. China supports the IAEA to play a bigger role in global nuclear governance, make new contributions to the reform and improvement of the global nuclear governance system, and promote world peace and security.
China hopes the IAEA can fulfill its monitoring responsibilities objectively, fairly and professionally, Qin said, calling on the agency to resolutely resist attempts by some countries to overstate national security and disrupt or undermine the normal order of international cooperation.
China also hopes that the IAEA will properly handle nuclear submarine cooperation between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and the issue of the discharge of water contaminated by Japanese nuclear weapons into the sea, and maintain the authority and credibility of the IAEA, which is an international non-nuclear organization. Chen said that the proliferation system and international security.
Grossi said the IAEA appreciates China’s achievements in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, attaches great importance to cooperation with China, and takes China’s concerns on the Taiwan issue seriously. The agency is ready to deepen cooperation with China, strengthen institutional capacity building, and promote peaceful development and use of nuclear energy.
The IAEA is committed to non-proliferation and respects the decisions of member states. Grossi said he would remain neutral and conduct transparent consultations on underwater nuclear cooperation between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, adding that the IAEA would only approve the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea by any country and would not accept any activity that violated international safety standards.
“China is one of the IAEA’s most important partners and a world leader in nuclear energy,” Grossi said. According to the IAEA’s website, “This week’s agenda will cover remarkable progress in China’s nuclear energy programme, cooperation in nuclear applications, and much-needed exchanges on non-proliferation and nuclear safety.”
China has more than 50 operating nuclear power plants and 24 under construction. By 2035, China’s nuclear power generation will account for 10 percent of the country’s electricity generation, according to the latest report on China’s nuclear power development Blue Book.
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