 Outside Africa, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that China is gravely concerned and firmly opposed the US-Britain and Australia Consulting with the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding a plan to provide Canberra with nuclear-powered submarines. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a regular news briefing in Beijing that the US-Britain and Australia are running an Anglo-Saxon cabal pushing hard for nuclear submarine cooperation and co-essing the International Atomic Energy Agency to endorse it. Last week, the IAEA released a statement saying the US-Australian Britain must implement safeguards and are committed to global nuclear non-proliferation with respect to the submarine deal.