Fu Cong, China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, sent a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Guterres on the 21st to clarify the Chinese government’s position on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s wrong words and deeds related to China.
Fu Cong stated in the letter that Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae openly made provocative remarks related to Taiwan during his defense in Congress. This is the first time since Japan's defeat in 1945 that a Japanese leader has advocated the so-called "whatever happens to Taiwan means something goes wrong for Japan" on a formal occasion and linked it to the exercise of the right to collective self-defense. It is the first time that a Japanese leader has expressed his ambition to intervene with armed force on the Taiwan issue. It is also the first time that a Japanese leader has issued a threat of force against China, openly challenging China's core interests. The relevant remarks are extremely wrong, extremely dangerous, and their nature and impact are extremely bad. After China's repeated solemn representations and strong protests, Japan still refuses to repent and withdraw its wrong remarks. China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to this.
Fu Cong stated in the letter that Takaichi Sanae's relevant remarks seriously violated international law and basic norms of international relations, seriously undermined the post-war international order, and were a blatant provocation to the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people and the people of Asian countries that had suffered Japanese aggression. Taiwan is China's sacred territory. How to resolve the Taiwan issue is the Chinese people's own business and does not tolerate any external interference. If Japan dares to intervene in the Taiwan Strait situation with force, it will constitute an act of aggression. China will resolutely exercise the right of self-defense conferred by the United Nations Charter and international law and resolutely defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity. As a defeated country in World War II, Japan must deeply reflect on its historical responsibilities, abide by its political commitments on the Taiwan issue, immediately stop provoking and crossing the line, and retract its erroneous remarks.
The letter will be distributed to all member states as an official document of the United Nations General Assembly.
