北京10月28日电 -- 美国及其盟友在境内外开展的生物军事化活动，引起国际社会的严重关切和质疑，对中俄国家安全造成严重风险，也损害相关地区安全，一名中国国防部发言人在本周四的例行记者会上表示。
BEIJING, Oct. 28 -- The biological militarization activities of the US and its allies have caused serious concerns and queries among the international community, posing serious risks to the national security of China and Russia and harming the security of relevant regions, a Chinese defense spokesperson said at a regular press conference on Thursday.
谭克非大校在记者会上评论中俄两国外长发表的关于加强《禁止生物武器公约》联合声明时作出了上述评价。
Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks when asked to comment on the joint statement recently made by the Chinese and Russian foreign ministers on strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
众所周知，作为阻挠《禁止生物武器公约》核查议定书谈判的唯一国家，美方的生物军事化活动一直备受国际社会关注。而美方当前在境外部署的200多个生物实验室，由于其活动缺乏透明度，更引发了广泛质疑和抗议。
Senior Colonel Tan pointed out that it's well-known that the US is the only country blocking the relaunch of negotiations for a protocol that includes a verification regime to strengthen the BWC, and its bio-militarization activities have aroused great concerns of the international community. Lack of transparency of the activities in more than 200 American bio-labs deployed outside the US territory has caused widespread questions and protests.
此外，20年来，美方始终拒绝重启公约核查议定书谈判，反对建立公约核查机制，顽固站在国际社会的对立面，这引发各方更大的疑虑和关切，谭克非表示。
Moreover, the US has constantly rejected to restart negotiations for the protocol, opposed the establishment of a verification regime and stubbornly stood on the opposite side of the international community in the past two decades, which caused great suspicions and concerns of all the parties, said Tan.
生物军事化活动是事关国际和平与安全、事关各国安全利益的重大问题。“我们敦促美方以公开、透明、负责任的态度，认真回应国际社会关切，切实履行公约缔约国义务，对其境内外生物军事化活动作出全面说明，”谭克非说道。
The biological militarization activities are crucial to international peace, security and national interests of all nations, said Tan. "We strongly urge the US side to adopt an open, transparent and responsible attitude, make a serious response to the concerns of the international community, earnestly fulfill the obligations of a state party to the BWC and make comprehensive clarifications for its bio-militarization activities conducted both at home and abroad," Tan stressed.
