After Tokyo warned Japanese visitors to be cautious in the country amid a diplomatic row, Beijing on Tuesday pledged to “protect the safety” of foreigners in China.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s suggestion that Tokyo might engage in military action in any attack on Taiwan sparked the conflict.
China, which claims Taiwan as a part of its territory and has no intention of removing its democratic island with force, was furious at Takaichi’s comments.
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Foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning responded to a question about the law-enforcement warning to Japanese visitors.
The comments were made as Masaaki Kanai, the top official in Japan’s foreign ministry for Asia-Pacific affairs, and Liu Jinsong, the country’s top foreign minister, discussed Takaichi’s remarks in Beijing.
Mao claimed that during the discussions, Beijing and Tokyo had reiterated their “strong protest.”
China again lodged a strong protest against Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s erroneous remarks about China during the consultations, according to Mao.
Mao added that Tahiti’s statements “fundamentally damage the political foundation of China-Japan relations” and that “takaichi’s fallacies seriously violate international law and the fundamental standards governing international relations.”
After the talks with Liu shortly before 2:00 pm (0600 GMT), Kanai left Beijing’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Source: Channels TV
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