茂木外相、王氏尖閣発言「受け入れられぬ」

　茂木敏充外相は２７日の参院本会議で、中国の王毅国務委員兼外相が沖縄県・尖閣諸島の領有権を主張した発言について「中国側独自の立場に基づくもので、全く受け入れられない」と批判した。自民党の山田宏氏への答弁。
　王氏の発言は２４日の日中外相による共同記者発表で出た。茂木氏が反論しなかったことに同党内から不満の声が相次いでいた。（2020/11/27-11:09）

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday criticized a recent comment by his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, claiming sovereignty for his country over the Senkaku Islands in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa, describing it as "unacceptable."
   "The claim is based on China's unique position," Motegi told a plenary meeting of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, in reply to a question from ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Hiroshi Yamada.
   Wang, who is also state councillor, made the comment during a joint press conference with Motegi in Tokyo on Tuesday. Some LDP officials have voiced complaints to Motegi over his failure to contest Wang's claim.
   At the Upper House plenary session, Motegi explained that during his talks with Wang prior to the press conference, he expressed the Japanese side's "strong concern" over Chinese government ships' intrusions into Japan's territorial waters, sailing in the contiguous zone and approaches to Japanese fishing vessels, all near the Senkaku Islands.
   "I strongly urged the Chinese side not to take such actions," Motegi said.