China, MTCR Members Plan Two Sets of Talks This Year on Chinese Membership

Officials from China and the Missile Technology Control Regime are set to hold two more rounds of talks this year on the Beijing’s possible membership in the 33-nation group that agrees to implement similar export controls on missile technology, China Daily reported today (see GSN, June 3).

The purpose of the talks would be to clear up “old differences” and to evaluate China’s national export control system to see if it meets MTCR standards, sources said. MTCR and Chinese officials held talks earlier this week in Beijing, during which regime officials said they would actively consider China’s application, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. All MTCR members would have to approve the application (Hu Xiao, China Daily, June 4).

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