China News Service, April 22. According to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean government made a strong protest on the 22nd local time over the Japanese government's claim that Dokdo (the disputed island between South Korea and Japan, which the Japanese side calls Takeshima) in the 2022 Diplomatic Blue Book is Japanese territory. .
The spokesperson of the South Korean Foreign Ministry made a comment on the 22nd, strongly protesting the Japanese government's assertion that Dokdo is Japanese territory in the "Blue Book of Diplomacy" released on the same day, and urged the Japanese side to withdraw the relevant statement immediately.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ROK stressed that Dokdo belongs to the inherent territory of the ROK in terms of history, geography and international law. However, the Japanese side has repeatedly made improper territorial claims against Dokdo, which is not conducive to building future-oriented ROK-Japan relations. response.
The commentary also pointed out that the core of the "Korea-Japan Comfort Women Agreement" signed by South Korea and Japan in 2015 is to restore the reputation and dignity of the victims, heal the wounds of the heart, and urge the Japanese government to take practical actions in line with the spirit of the agreement.
In addition, on the morning of the 22nd, Lee Sang-yeol, director of the Asia-Pacific Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, summoned Naoki Kumagaya, the general minister of the Japanese embassy in South Korea, to clarify the South Korean side's position on the relevant measures of the Japanese side.