The Chinese foreign ministry denounces the attacks of the G7 summit in Japan and has called the Japanese ambassador to the mat.
Chinese Foreign Minister Sun Weidong has summoned the Japanese Ambassador to protest the “hype surrounding China-related issues” at the recent G7 summit in Japan. The Ministry announced this on Sunday evening.
According to Sun, Japan has collaborated with the other countries at the summit “in activities and joint statements to blacken and attack China, grossly interfering in China’s internal affairs, in violation of the basic principles of international law and the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan” from 1972.
Sun said that Japan’s actions are detrimental to China’s sovereignty, security and development interests, and that China is “strongly dissatisfied with them and strongly opposes them”. “Japan must correct its understanding of China, pursue strategic autonomy, adhere to the principles of the four political documents between China and Japan, and truly promote the stable development of bilateral relations with a constructive attitude,” Sun said.
The Chinese Embassy in the UK had previously also asked London to stop slandering China, to prevent further damage to China-UK relations.
British prime minister Rishi Sunak had warned on Sunday of an increasing danger from China to the international order.
“China is the greatest challenge of our time for global [=our] security and prosperity,” Sunak said at the G7 summit in Hiroshima.
In addition, the G7 countries jointly warned China that using economic dependence as a weapon would have consequences.
