Japan PM's blatant remarks delay China-Japan-ROK meeting

Due to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent extremely wrong remarks on Taiwan, conditions are "temporarily unavailable" for the trilateral culture ministers' meeting among China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

The ROK Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on Thursday that the meeting, which was scheduled to be held in Macao on Monday, Nov 24, has been provisionally postponed after China notified of its non-participation, ROK media reported.

When asked about the meeting, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Thursday that "the Japanese leader's blatant, erroneous remarks on Taiwan have hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and challenged the post-war international order."

The remarks also "sabotaged the foundation and atmosphere for China-Japan-ROK trilateral cooperation, making the conditions for holding relevant trilateral meeting temporarily unavailable," she added.