BEIJING (Portal) – Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Sun Weidong has summoned the Japanese ambassador To protests over “hype over China-related issues” at the Group of Seven (G7) summit at the weekend, the ministry said in a statement on late Sunday.
Sun said Japan cooperated with the other countries at the G7 summit “in activities and joint statements to slander and attack China, grossly interfere in China’s internal affairs, and violate the fundamental principles of international law and the spirit of the four political documents in between.” .” China and Japan,” referring to the 1972 China-Japan Joint Statement.
He said Japan’s actions are detrimental to China’s sovereignty, security and development interests, and that China is “deeply dissatisfied and strongly opposed”.
“Japan should correct its understanding of China, gain strategic autonomy, adhere to the principles of the Four China-Japan Political Documents, and genuinely promote the stable development of bilateral relations with a constructive attitude,” Sun said.
The Chinese embassy in Britain had earlier urged London to stop slandering and slandering China to prevent further damage to Sino-British relations.
(Reporting by Liz Lee; Editing by Tom Hogue)