A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Japan has stated media experiences claiming China had refused to affix the worldwide monitoring mechanism of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concerning the discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean are false.
Japan commissioned the IAEA Secretariat to conduct an evaluation and laboratory comparability of the nuclear-contaminated wastewater samples collected by Japan itself, however China was not invited to take part, stated the spokesperson.
Noting all information associated to nuclear-contaminated wastewater to this point has been collected, examined and launched by Japan itself, the spokesperson stated such information can’t be trusted by the worldwide neighborhood as a result of Japan – the occasion being monitored – acted because the monitor.
Such laboratory comparability actions based mostly on samples supplied by Japan can not adequately show the authenticity and reliability of Japanese take a look at outcomes, and can’t be equated with a long-term and efficient worldwide monitoring mechanism that includes substantive stakeholder participation, the spokesperson added.
Emphasizing that China does not refuse dialogue and has clearly proposed establishing a long-term, efficient worldwide monitoring mechanism, the spokesperson stated Japan ought to first present sincerity in addressing the cheap issues of its neighboring nations as a substitute of imposing its personal monitoring outcomes on others.
(Cover: Protesters stage a rally to demand the cease of Japan’s launch of handled radioactive water into the ocean from the broken Fukushima nuclear energy plant, Seoul, South Korea, August 31, 2023. /CFP)
Source: CGTN