News - Middle East: China says a tripartite deal among the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia on the production of nuclear-powered Aukus submarines totally disregards international concerns while Russia slams the pact for raising questions about nuclear proliferation.

American President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled at the US naval base in San Diego on Monday details of a plan to supply Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines from the early 2030s with the declared aim of countering what they call China's ambitions in the Indo-Pacific.

The three leaders termed the three-phase multibillion-dollar agreement under the 2021 Australia, United Kingdom, and US (AUKUS) partnership a "game changer," which ultimately ends with London and Canberra creating advanced versions of nuclear-powered submarines for their navies.

Australia also said on Monday that it would purchase up to five American nuclear-powered submarines, then build a new model with US and British technology.

On Tuesday, Beijing denounced the US, the UK, and Australia for embarking on a "path of error and danger" and disregarding international concerns.

"The latest joint statement from the US, UK, and Australia demonstrates that the three countries, for the sake of their own geopolitical interests, completely disregard the concerns of the international communities and are walking further and further down the path of error and danger," said China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin during a regular press conference.

He also said that Beijing did not want to "communicate for the sake of communicating" but that "the US side should come forward sincerely, with practical actions to promote China-US relations," which are at their lowest in decades.