JAKARTA, July 14 (Xinhua) — China and Japan ought to work collectively to construct a bilateral relationship that meets the wants of the brand new period, Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi mentioned right here on Friday.
While assembly with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on the sidelines of a sequence of ASEAN international ministers’ conferences, Wang mentioned that this yr marks the forty fifth anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which stipulated in legislation that the 2 nations ought to adhere to peace, friendship and cooperation, and established timeless rules and instructions for bilateral exchanges.
At current, the bilateral relations are at an important juncture, Wang mentioned, noting that Japan’s positioning of China as the best strategic problem and hyping up the “China threat” is significantly inconsistent with the fact of China-Japan relations and runs counter to the necessary consensus of “be partners, not threats.”
Wang expressed the hope that Japan will set up an goal and rational understanding of China and produce bilateral relations again on monitor with sound and regular growth, including that China is open to sustaining contacts in any respect ranges, financial and commerce exchanges and people-to-people exchanges.
For his half, Hayashi mentioned that there’s big potential for Japan-China cooperation in a variety of fields, and the Japanese facet attaches nice significance to strengthening dialogue and communication with China.
Japan appears to be like ahead to taking the forty fifth anniversary of the signing of the Japan-China Treaty of Peace and Friendship as a chance and underneath the steering of the consensuses reached by the leaders of the 2 nations to construct constructive and steady Japan-China relations and create circumstances for high-level exchanges between the 2 sides, Hayashi mentioned.
Regarding the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy plant into the Pacific Ocean, Wang burdened that it is a matter that considerations the protection of the marine surroundings in addition to the life and well being of humankind.
Nuclear-contaminated water from nuclear accidents shouldn’t be in comparison with the wastewater of regular nuclear energy crops as they’re fully completely different in nature, Wang mentioned.
There isn’t any precedent nor generally accepted commonplace regarding such discharge, Wang mentioned, including that it’s a scientific matter and a query of perspective as nicely.
Wang urged the Japanese facet to resist different events’ legit considerations and specialists’ opinions, scientifically confirm completely different discharge approaches, and keep away from self-assertion, including that honest communication and prudent method are essential for dealing with the matter.