Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Comments on Japan’s 80 Billion Yen Subsidy to Fukushima’s Fishing Industry: It Indicates the Problem of Discharging Nuclear Contaminated Water into the Sea – Xinhua English.news.cn
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 14 (Reporter Shao Yibo) In response to reports that the Japanese government set up a “special fund” to subsidize the fishing industry in the Fukushima area, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on the 14th that this only shows that the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea is a serious issue. There is a real problem, a big problem.
At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: According to reports, the Japanese government allocated a special fund of 80 billion yen (about 4.1 billion yuan) to subsidize the fishing industry in the Fukushima area. What is China’s comment?
“If there is no problem with the nuclear-contaminated water discharged into the sea, how can the fishing industry in the Fukushima area be affected? If the Japanese government is not guilty, why use ‘compensation fees’ to settle the matter? This only shows that the nuclear-contaminated water is discharged into the sea There is a real problem, a big problem,” Wang Wenbin said.
He said that the people of China, South Korea, Russia, Pacific island countries, the Philippines, Indonesia, Peru and other countries along the Pacific Ocean are strongly opposed to Japan’s promotion of the sea discharge plan. Regrettably, the Japanese government is deaf to the opposition voices at home and abroad, and is trying to block the Japanese people’s mouths by setting up a so-called “special fund”.
Wang Wenbin said: “Japan’s practice of using ‘compensation fees’ in exchange for the silence of its own people and disregarding the safety and interests of people in neighboring countries and Pacific island countries will only arouse stronger doubts and opposition from the international community.”
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2023-07-14 09:33:39
