China opposes U.S. withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Hua Chunying said during a regular press conference on Friday.
The real purpose of the U.S. withdrawal is to seek unilateral military and strategic advantages, Hua said.
China calls on the international community to clearly understand the serious consequences of the U.S. withdrawal, Hua added.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed by then U.S. President Ronald Reagan and former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987, to eliminate all of their nuclear and conventional ground-based ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers.
