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Written by: Xu Yi'an
2021-05-28 08:44
Last update date: 2021-05-28 08:51
The EU and Japan issued a joint statement at the summit on May 27, expressing serious concerns about the situation in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, emphasizing the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and saying that they will coordinate on regional issues including Hong Kong and Xinjiang, and discuss their respective issues. Communicate on China relations.
China claims that the remarks are beyond the scope of the normal development of bilateral relations, and expresses strong dissatisfaction and opposition to this.
The spokesperson of the Chinese mission to the European Union today responded to reporters’ questions on the China-related content of the EU-Japan Summit’s joint statement and pointed out that the above-mentioned remarks by Europe and Japan have completely exceeded the scope of the normal development of bilateral relations, harming international peace and stability, and harming mutual understanding among countries in the region. And trust, harm the interests of third parties, and clearly run counter to its stated goal of "building a safer, more democratic, and stable world."
The spokesperson of the Chinese mission to the European Union stated that Taiwan, Hong Kong and Xinjiang-related issues are China's internal affairs. The East China Sea and the South China Sea involve China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. These issues concern China's fundamental interests and should not be interfered.
China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to the remarks related to the joint statement of the EU-Japan Leaders Summit, and China will definitely defend its national sovereignty, security and development interests more firmly.
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