BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) — Chinese overseas ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Thursday slammed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s so-called “free and open Indo-Pacific” imaginative and prescient.
“Ostensibly, it champions openness and freedom, but its real agenda is about division and confrontation,” Guo stated at an everyday press briefing, including that it runs counter to the shared aspiration of regional international locations for peace, improvement and cooperation.
Guo made the remarks when requested for touch upon intensive lobbying by Japanese officers in any respect ranges for the so-called new model of the “free and open Indo-Pacific” throughout their visits to the Philippines, Vietnam, Australia and different international locations.
Guo acknowledged that the Asia-Pacific wants stability over turbulence, and values cooperation over division. “Safeguarding postwar international order and purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter is the foundation of the prosperity and stability in the Asia Pacific, as well as the shared responsibility of regional countries,” he added.
Guo stated it’s extra crucial than ever for regional international locations to remain clear-eyed, unite as one, uphold the suitable course of Asia-Pacific cooperation, improve mutual belief by way of dialogue and session, protect tranquility by way of mutually useful cooperation, and work collectively to construct an Asia Pacific that’s affluent, secure, open, interconnected, universally useful, inclusive, united and mutually supportive.