United States: The President's US Special Representative for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Adam M. According to Shinman, Beijing will "criticize" the tripartite AUKUS agreement at the upcoming "NPT (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons) Review Conference."

Next week, the conference will be held in New York City.
Australia, the US and the UK announced the AUKUS agreement last September. As per the agreement, the US and UK will give advanced technology to Australia so that it can develop nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) at home.

AUKUS allies announced earlier this year that they would strengthen cooperation in the development of hypersonic weapons by expanding the scope of the agreement.

According to Scheinman, AUKUS is intended to be a "system for nuclear propulsion, not for the transfer of nuclear weapons".

The "highest security standards" will be applied to the AUKUS treaty, according to Scheinman, who also defended Australia's "impeccable" nonproliferation credentials. Canberra, he said, was cooperating closely with its partners in the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

According to the NPT since the 1970s, only five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)—Russia, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and China—are permitted to possess nuclear weapons.

In 1973, Australia ratified the agreement.
The Chinese foreign ministry urged the three AUKUS allies to "repeal" the treaty, warning that it could set a "bad precedent" of nuclear-weapon states that would be weapons-grade for a non-nuclear power like Australia. Can transfer tons of uranium. The US official's remarks came just days after a call from the Chinese foreign ministry.

Since the official launch of AUKUS in September last year, Beijing has strongly criticized the US-led initiative and repeatedly accused Washington of promoting a "nuclear arms race" in the Asia-Pacific region.

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