2023-06-25 18:56:49 来源 : Xinhua
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BEIJING,June24(Xinhua)--ChinaurgestheUnitedStatestostopusingfentanyl-relatedissuesasapretexttosanction,indictorofferawardstohuntChinesecompaniesornationals,aspokespersonfortheChineseforeignministrysaidSaturday.
OnJune23localtime,theU.S.DepartmentofJusticeannouncedindictmentschargingChina-basedcompaniesandtheiremployeeswithcrimesrelatedtofentanylproduction,distributionandsalesresultingfromprecursorchemicals.
Inresponsetoarelatedquery,aForeignMinistryspokespersonsaidU.S.lawenforcementpersonnelensnaredChinesenationalsthrough"stingoperation"inathirdcountryandblatantlypressedchargesagainstChineseentitiesandindividuals.Thisistypicalarbitrarydetentionandunilateralsanction,whichiscompletelyillegal.ItseriouslyharmsthebasichumanrightsoftheChinesenationalsandtheinterestsoftheChinesecompaniesconcerned.
"ChinastronglycondemnsthismoveandhaslodgedseriousdémarchesandstrongprotesttotheU.S.side,"thespokespersonsaid.
Chinaisanactiveparticipantininternationalcounter-narcoticscooperation.Outofasenseofhumanitarianism,Chinascheduledfentanyl-relatedsubstanceasaclass—thefirstcountrytodosointheworld—whichhasplayedanimportantroleinpreventingtheillicitmanufacturing,traffickingandabuseoffentanyl,thespokespersonnoted.
InsteadofgivingChinathecreditforitscontribution,theUnitedStatesimposedillegalsanctionsonChinesecounter-narcoticsinstitutionsandthenopenlyslanderedChina"scounter-narcoticseffortsandillegallysanctionedChinesecompanies.TheUnitedStateshasnowgoneevenfurtherbyensnaringandindictingChinesenationals,thespokespersonsaid.
Suchlong-armjurisdictionandbullyismthattramplesoninternationallawhasfurtherunderminedthelawfulrightsandinterestsofrelevantChineseinstitutionsandnationals,andseriouslyundercutthefoundationforChina-U.S.cooperationoncounter-narcotics,thespokespersonadded.
ThingstheUnitedStateshassofarbeendoingtoaddressitsconcernsoverthedrugproblem—beitpressuretactics,coercionorsomekindofillegaloperations—areessentiallyallaboutscapegoating.Thiswillnotworkandbenefitsnoone,thespokespersonsaid.
"WeurgetheUnitedStatestostopshiftingtheblame,stopsmearingandattackingChina,immediatelyliftallsanctionsonChinesecounter-narcoticslawenforcementinstitutions,stopusingfentanyl-relatedissuesasapretexttosanction,indictorofferawardstohuntChinesecompaniesornationals,stopthearbitrarydetentions,andimmediatelyreleasetheChinesenationalsunderillegalarrest,"thespokespersonsaid.
ChinawillcontinuetodowhatisnecessarytofirmlydefendthelawfulrightsandinterestsofChinesecompaniesandnationals,thespokespersonadded.
