Qatar- China Urges US, Japan to Stop Pointing Fingers on South China Sea

6/5/2016 5:46:48 AM

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Beijing, June 05 (QNA) - The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Saturday urged the United States and Japan to stop pointing fingers at China on the South China Sea.
"Countries from outside should honor their commitments and not make irresponsible remarks on issues involving territorial sovereignty," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in Beijing in response to remarks of US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and his Japanese counterpart Gen Nakatani at a security summit in Singapore.
According to a press release from the ministry, during the Shangri-La Dialogue on Saturday, Carter and Nakatani talked about the South China Sea issue and hurled unreasonable accusations at China, according to (Xinhua) news agency.
"We have noted relevant remarks. They were mostly repeating their old tunes, which have no fact in them and are full of groundless accusations against China's legitimate construction activities on relevant islands and reefs." Hua said.
She added that they blamed China for the regional security issue when China is actually the victim and sowed discord between China and other regional countries.
"China is firmly opposed to that and the Chinese delegation attending the meeting has made our position clear." (QNA)

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