China rejects Japan's accusation over its nuclear policy

BEIJING, April 28 -- China rejected Japan's accusation over withholding information about its nuclear policy here on Tuesday, saying the accusation was groundless.

Jiang Yu, spokeswoman of Chinese Foreign Ministry, told a regular press conference that China had all along advocated and positively supported the comprehensive ban on nuclear weapons and complete nuclear disarmament.

Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone accused China of withholding information about its nuclear weapons while delivering a speech in Tokyo on Monday.

The speech, entitled "Conditions towards Zero - 11 Benchmarks for Global Nuclear Disarmament", came in supportive response to the remarks made on April 5 by U.S. President Barack Obama, who advocated a world without nuclear weapons and declared Washington's "moral responsibility to act" to that end.

"China supports the process of international nuclear disarmament, and has made unremitting efforts for it," said Jiang.

Jiang also stressed that China's nuclear policy was clear and transparent. "Japan's accusation is completely groundless."