China Urges Japan's Takaichi to Correct Taiwan Remarks
Beijing, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)--Wang Yi, China's top diplomat, urged Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to correct her remarks about Taiwan during his meeting in Beijing Monday with former Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. Japan's leader needs to correct mistaken remarks about the issue of Taiwan as soon as possible, said Wang, foreign minister ...
Beijing, September 29 - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to rectify her statements regarding Taiwan during their meeting in Beijing on Monday, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Wang, who is also a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, emphasized the importance of correcting the Japanese leader's erroneous remarks on the Taiwan issue as soon as possible.
This meeting marked the first official encounter between Wang and a Japanese official since Takaichi's comments about a potential conflict in Taiwan in November sparked significant discontent in China and led to a sharp deterioration in bilateral relations between Tokyo and Beijing.
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