(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) ijing April 24 - The US-Japan alliance a bilateral arrangement made in the Cold War should not undermine China's territorial sovereignty and legitimate rights a Chinese spokesman said. The comment came after U.S. President Barack Obama said the Diaoyu Islands "fall within the scope of Article 5 of the US-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security" in an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper ahead of his arrival in Tokyo on Wednesday. "We firmly oppose putting the Diaoyu Islands within the scope of the US-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security" Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said at a daily news briefing relayed by Xinhua news agency today . He said China's stance on the Diaoyu Islands is consistent and clear since these islands are an inherent part of Chinese territory and China holds indisputable sovereignty over them. Japan's occupation of the islands are "illegal and invalid." Its provocations on the issue are "unjustified" the spokesman said. "No one can shake our determination to safeguard national territorial sovereignty and maritime interests" Qin added.
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