EU Arms Embargo is 'political discrimination', says Chinese Ambassador

The EU's reluctance to lift the Chinese Arms Embargo is a form of "political discrimination", the Chinese Ambassador to the European Union, Guan Chengyuan has said.

In an interview with the EUobserver the Ambassador stressed the importance of lifting the embargo as a signal that China is being treated "as an equal".

"The existence of this embargo is anachronous, it corresponds neither to the atmosphere, nor to the level of relations and global strategic partnership between the EU...