Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong summoned Japanese Ambassador to China Hideo Tarumi and made formal objections to the exaggeration of China-related issues during the group’s Hiroshima summit. This year, the Group of Seven teamed up with relevant countries to vilify and attack China in series of activities, as well as the Leadership Statement adopted at the Hiroshima Summit, grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs, violated the basic principles of international law and the spirit of the four political documents signed between China and Japan, and undermined China’s sovereignty, security and interests.” . “China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and strong opposition to this issue,” he said.
He also urged the G7 to keep up with the trend of the era of openness and inclusiveness, stop hoarding and creating closed blocs, stop holding back other countries, stop creating and inciting confrontation between blocks.
He urged Japan to properly understand China, exercise strategic independence, uphold the principles of the four Sino-Japanese policy documents, and sincerely and constructively promote the sustainable development of bilateral relations.
