SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) — The head of the Korea-China City Friendship Association has vehemently denounced Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s current remarks on China’s Taiwan as a despicable act betraying diplomatic belief.
“I believe these were outrageous remarks that disregard diplomatic practices and squarely violate international law … Japan has no right to interfere in China’s internal affairs, and no right whatsoever to shake the one-China principle … It was a despicable act that betrays diplomatic trust,” Kwon Ki-sik informed Xinhua in a current interview.
“The one-China principle has already been established by both international custom and law,” he stated.
He recalled that Japanese militarists waged wars of aggression in East Asia and inflicted appreciable harm on international locations similar to South Korea and China. “Japan should have deep reflection” on this, he stated.
According to Kwon, the one-China precept is a fundamental consensus for sustaining peace on this planet and East Asia, noting that Japan has no proper to intrude in China’s inside affairs, and no proper to shake the precept.
Describing the makes an attempt by some Japanese folks and political forces to return to militarism as a “delusion,” Kwon claimed that going again to the militaristic period isn’t solely not possible but additionally will convey catastrophe to future generations of Japan, stating that militarism would pressure Japanese youths onto the battlefields once more and harmless civilians to endure the ravages of warfare as soon as extra.
“Such thinking by the Japanese right-wing is the main culprit harming the peaceful lives of Japanese people, and it must be stopped at all costs … Japan does not teach the history of its war crimes, so Japanese youths don’t know about it. Because they don’t know, they don’t reflect and even think that they have no responsibility towards (victim) countries. It is a great misfortune for Japan’s future,” stated Kwon.
He stated the rampant far-right actions in Japan had been rooted in a deep sense of disaster over China’s rise and a sense of loss from long-term financial stagnation, noting that the Japanese right-wing sought to seek out its presence by means of exterior conflicts due to its insecurity.
Kwon believed that Japan’s pointless provocation was as a result of its home political scenario. Takaichi had a weak political base when she assumed energy in a coalition authorities, and selected to instigate battle between China and Japan in an try to mobilize right-wing and reasonable forces to keep up her energy, he stated.
“This is a fundamental error in judgment,” he stated, stating that Takaichi prompted pointless conflicts with out contemplating the nationwide curiosity.
Kwon stated that the basis explanation for tensions in East Asia traditionally originated from the United States, whose present insurance policies worsened the scenario, stressing that Takaichi fueled the scenario additional and have become “a factor heightening tensions in East Asia.”
He urged Japan to “squarely realize reality and abandon delusion” as East Asia immediately isn’t what it was 80 years in the past.
“Building a peaceful East Asia and a peaceful Japan so as to enable the Japanese people to live well remains Japan’s real way out,” Kwon stated.