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US Sanctions 3 Chinese Firms For Giving Ballistic Missile Tech To ... - NDTV

Last updated Thursday, November 2, 2023 22:02 ET

Washington:
The US has imposed sanctions on three China-based companies for supplying missile-applicable items and technology for Pakistan's ballistic missile programme, the US State Department said.
In the designation, the US State Department said on Friday that the sanctions were being imposed as part of the global nonproliferation regime.
"Today, we are designating three entities pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery. These three entities, based in the People's Republic of China (PRC), have worked to supply missile - applicable items to Pakistan's ballistic missile programme," the State Department said in a statement.
China, an all-weather ally of Pakistan, has been the main supplier of arms and defence equipment to Islamabad's military modernisation programme.
The three companies are General Technology Limited, Beijing Luo Luo Technology Development Co Ltd., and Changzhou Utek Composite Company Ltd.
They were sanctioned for having engaged or attempted to engage, in activities or transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of materially contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or their means of delivery (including missiles capable of delivering such weapons), including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use such items, by Pakistan.
General Technology Limited has worked to supply brazing materials,...



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