Solomon Islands, China’s ally, denounces Fukushima water spill

Solomon Islandsa country allied with China in it Peacefulspoke out on Friday against the discharge into the sea of ​​water from the Japanese nuclear power plant in fukushima.

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The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavareissued a “strong statement against Japan’s decision.”

The water spill, which began on Thursday, “it impacts our people, our oceans, our economy and our livelihoods”said the head of the government, who in 2019 decided to move away from Taiwan to establish diplomatic relations with China.

China expressed his opposition to the dumping of water into the sea fukushimafiltered and diluted according to a plan validated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and suspended all imports of shellfish from Japan.

Other countries in the region Pacific Asia with better relations with Japanas South Korea, Taiwan, Australia and Fijiexpressed their confidence in the security of the process launched in fukushima.

However, in fijian opposition demonstration gathered several hundred people in the capital Suva on Friday with banners calling for “a denuclearized sea.”

Regardless of the scientific data in this regard, the discharge of sewage fukushima could offer Beijing a diplomatic opening in the Peacefulaccording to Mihai Soraformer Australian diplomat now working at the Lowy Institute of Sydney.

Japan “has made a great diplomatic effort to convince the largest possible number of leaders of the Peaceful”he stated, but “Almost universally, this decision will be unpopular with the communities of the Peaceful”.

Beijing could “encourage some of your partners to speak out strongly on this issue, as it serves their interests”.

The nuclear issue is delicate in the Peacefulwhere United States, United Kingdom and France conducted atomic tests for decades on the twentieth century.

Source: Elcomercio

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