America and China are on the verge of an agreement on the warning of missile tests

According to Fars International News Agency, Japanese media reports on Monday show that the United States is considering an agreement with China that requires the two countries to warn each other before launching any missiles.

The details of this plan were revealed on Monday by the Japanese website Nikkei Asia, which quoted a US State Department official as saying that the two countries hope to reach a mutual commitment “to clarify what they are doing”.

In a situation where the relations between Washington and Beijing have faced unprecedented tensions due to the increase of mutual suspicions over a series of policies, the official of the US Foreign Ministry claimed that this agreement will be similar to mechanisms which is currently established between the two countries.

Tensions between the two countries peaked in February after Washington accused Beijing of sending a spy balloon over the airspace of the United States of America. did The United States reported last February that its air force fighters targeted and shot down an unidentified flying object believed to be a Chinese spy balloon. He had denied sending balloons for espionage. Beijing had said that the said balloon was for meteorological purposes and had mistakenly entered the airspace of the United States of America. The action of the United States in shooting down that balloon followed the warning of senior Chinese officials and added to the tension in the bilateral relations between Beijing and Washington.

China also announced at the time that the United States from January In 2022, more than 10 spy balloons entered China’s airspace. The spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry asked the US to “change its ways and look at its own (actions)” instead of attacking and spreading accusations against China.

Taiwan issue and rights allegations American humanity as well as Washington’s fear of jeopardizing its interests due to Beijing’s trade and technology policies have been among the reasons for increasing tensions between the two countries. In addition, in the summer of this year, it was reported that the two countries had cut off communication between their armed forces. However, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping Last year, they met in California and signed several agreements with each other, including the resumption of talks between the armies of the two sides. They hope to resume arms talks with China early next year. The report states that the US government is reviewing its plan to send missile warnings.

The US and China both have similar agreements with Russia. The American official said: “The reason this missile warning agreement is important is that we will have a mutual commitment with China to clarify what we are doing.” He added: “The reason China agreed A parallel with Russia shows that they recognize the stabilizing nature of such an agreement. This is what they are trying to strengthen.” The American agreement with Russia is called the “Ballistic Missile Launch Warning Agreement” that was signed in 1988, before the collapse of the former Soviet Union. The purpose of designing this agreement during the Cold War was to prevent panic in both countries before missile launches and to reassure each other that launching a missile is not a nuclear attack.

Despite the intensification of tensions In the relations between Moscow and Washington after the start of the war in Ukraine, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in March that Moscow will inform Washington of its intention to act in this field before launching ICBMs.

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