China and Japan try to ease tensions
- Thursday - 08/11/2012 00:05
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- On 25/9, Deputy Foreign Minister - Zhang Zhijunand and his Japanese counterpart Chikao Kawai had a meeting in Beijing aiming to find out a solution to ease tensions between the two parties which are related to the dispute over Diaoyu Islands, also known as Senkaku in Tokyo in the East China Sea.
The meeting took place within the framework of the two-day visit to Beijing of Deputy Foreign Minister – Kawai in the context of no sign showing the tension in the dispute over Sekaku/Diaoyu islands would be eased when Tokyo accused three Chinese Navy ships of entering Japanese territorial waters of on 24/9.
In a latest change, Japanese Coast Guard (JCG) showed that on 25/9, dozens of fishing boats and six patrol boats of Taiwan (China) went into the waters surrounding Senkaku/Diaoyu islands.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary - Osamu Fujimura said JCG warned the ship not to allowed to enter Japanese territorial waters; hose streams as well as other measures were used to force the Taiwanese ships to change their route.
Meanwhile, on 25/9, officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan said that the Japanese government submitted to the United Nations (UN) written objection of limited island map of Senkaku/Diaoyu submitted by China earlier this month. In the above written document, Japan has confirmed sovereignty over the islands as well as the surrounding islands.
Previously on 13/9, Permanent representative of China to the United Nations – Li Baodong had a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and submitted a copy of sea charts, in which the Chinese government named and claimed sovereignty to 17 base points around the Diaoyu Islands/Senkaku.
As expected on 26/9, Japanese Prime Minister - Yoshihiko Noda would deliver a speech at the UN General Assembly, which refers to what he calls the rule of law in the settlement of territorial disputes.
Meanwhile, China has tightened inspection on Japanese import and export commodity. On 24/9, Japanese businesses said that China Customs had informed Japanese freight companies that they would tighten inspection of Japanese goods transported by air at the airport in Beijing. Earlier, China Customs has tightened inspection on Japanese goods to China as well as China's shipments to Japan in main sea ports of China.
Source: Vietnam Government Portal