China urges Japan to take the respectable issues of the worldwide group and its home individuals severely, get rid of its nuclear-contaminated water in a science-based, protected and clear manner, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin mentioned on Monday.
Japan ought to topic itself to rigorous worldwide oversight, Wang mentioned, noting that China’s place on Japan’s discharge of the nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean is constant that the plan is unjustified and unlawful.
“I have noticed some recent international media reports that Japan has exerted inappropriate influence on the conclusion of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) final report on reviewing Japan’s nuclear wastewater discharge plan, which increased the world’s concern over Japan’s discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean,” he mentioned.
“The Japanese government has a responsibility to give a credible explanation,” he added.
Wang emphasised that China believes that the IAEA ought to current a assessment report that may face up to the take a look at of science and historical past as a substitute of endorsing Japan’s discharge plan.
(Cover: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin at a daily press convention, June 15, 2023. /Chinese Foreign Ministry)
Source: CGTN