UN Charter 'Enemy State Clauses' Should Stay, Chinese Envoy Says
China said the clauses still guard against fascism and militarism, as Japan renewed its push to remove them.
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China and Japan, currently embroiled in diplomatic tensions over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks regarding a "Taiwan contingency," have clashed again on the international stage over the UN Charter, which designates defeated nations of World War II as "enemies." On the 30th, Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun reported, "The UN demanded by Prime Minister Takaichi in her speech at the UN General Assembly's general debate..."
(Beijing=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Hyun-jung = Regarding Japan's demand to remove the 'enemy clause' from the UN Charter, China cited Japan's moves toward 'remilitarization' as the reason...
In response to the Chinese government's claim that the "former enemy clauses" still have important and practical significance, Foreign Minister Motegi refuted the argument, emphasizing that "no country can invoke the clauses" and indicating his intention to work toward their formal removal.
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