【英语中国】商务部否认中国企业与伊朗铀供应链有关联

China's Ministry of Commerce described as 'not true' a report in The Wall Street Journal on April 3 that equipment used in enriching uranium that reached Iran had been handled by a representative of a Chinese company.

In a fax to the Journal's Shanghai bureau Wednesday, China's Ministry of Commerce also said the company, Zheijiang Ouhai Trade Corp., a subsidiary of the Wenzhou-based Jinzhou Group, didn't violate export regulations related to nonproliferation.

The statement was Beijing's first official response to the article. The Ministry of Commerce offered no explanation for why the statement was made now and not earlier. The company has also denied the report. The Wall Street Journal said it stands by the accuracy of its reporting.

针对4月3日《华尔街日报》上刊登的一篇有关运抵伊朗、用于铀浓缩的设备是由一家中国企业的代表经手的，中国商务部日前做出回应说，该报导是“失实的”。

商务部在周三发给《华尔街日报》上海分社的传真中还说，报导中所说的公司浙江瓯海对外贸易公司没有违反防止核扩散的相关出口规定。该公司是位于温州的金州集团的子公司。

商务部的声明是北京方面对报导的首次正式回应。商务部没有解释为何现在而不是更早些时候就发表声明。瓯海公司也对报导内容予以否认。《华尔街日报》说信守报导的准确性。