China Rejects Japan’s Criticism Over Import Ban After Fukushima Spill

China today defended the legitimacy and necessity of his veto on imports of marine products from Japanafter what tokyo filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) for considering it “totally unacceptable.”

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Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson mao ning declared in a press conference that the discharge into the sea of ​​contaminated water from the nuclear power plant of fukushima by Japan it’s an act”without precedents” and “without recognized standards” that “puts the marine environment and public safety at risk”.

Mao stated that the international community is “concerned” by the consequences of this decision and has taken preventive measures.

“The relevant measures of China are totally legitimate, reasonable and necessary”, he added.

The spokesperson asked Japan that “correct your mistake” and “seriously respond to the rational concerns and demands of neighboring countries and the international community”.

The Japanese government had asked China to “remove the restriction as soon as possible”which he considers lacking in scientific basis, said on Tuesday the Japanese government spokesman, Hirokazu Matsunoin a press conference in which he revealed the filing of the complaint and described Beijing’s decision as “extremely unfortunate”.

tokyo has presented a document to the members of the WTOthe body that monitors compliance and standardization of international trade, where he argues his opposition to the veto.

The company that owns the damaged nuclear power plant in fukushima began on August 24 to discharge the treated water from the plant, made up of the water used to cool the damaged reactors and their molten fuel, as well as rainwater leaks at the facilities that were contaminated and purified to eliminate the elements dangerous radioactive.

Neighboring countries like China and South Korea They have shown fierce opposition to the spill for security reasons since the plan became known, despite the fact that it has received the go-ahead from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which says that it complies with international security measures and its impact on a human and environmental level will be harmless in principle.

Source: Elcomercio

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