US sanctions Chinese entities for supplying ballistic missile technology, materials To Pakistan

The Unites States has imposed sanctions on four Chinese firms, and a Chinese national for supplying materials to Pakistan for the country’s ballistic missile programme. A US State Department official said a Pakistani company has also been sanctioned under the missile sanctions laws.

In a statement issued Thursday, US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said the United States has imposed sanctions on the Beijing Research Institute of Automation for Machine Building Industry (RIAMB), which has worked with Pakistan’s National Development Complex (NDC), under the missile sanctions laws (i.e. the Arms Export Control Act [AECA] and the Export Control Reform Act [ECRA]).

As per the statement, the Beijing Research Institute had worked with NDC in the development and production of Pakistan’s long-range ballistic missiles to procure equipment for testing of large-diameter rocket motors, including the Shaheen-3 and Ababeel.