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| Japan, China Differ Over Cheonan Sinking | |
| 2010-05-17 | |
| The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan met Saturday and Sunday in Gyeongju to discuss the sinking of the South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan. Japan expressed support for the tentative conclusion reached by South Korean and U.S. investigators that a North Korean torpedo was responsible, but China did not mention any connection with the North. Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada "again expressed condolences over the Cheonan sinking and support for the government's efforts to investigate it objectively despite the difficult conditions," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Kim Young-sun. Immediately after the sinking of the Cheonan, Tokyo told Seoul it is willing to cooperate in any response or economic sanctions the South and the U.S. intend to undertake. But while expressing condolences for the South Korean sailors who died aboard the Cheonan, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi merely reaffirmed Beijing's stance that "a scientific and objective investigation is important." Yang did not mention the possibility of a link between North Korea and the shipwreck.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 ION PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > INDIA TO FIRE 5000-KM RANGE AGNI V IN 2011. Iff successful, will threatn most or all of China's major Cities, PLA MilBases vee INDIAN DEEP-STRIKE = STRATEGIC NUCLEAR/MISSLE FORCES. versus * SAME > CHINA [PLAAF] WILL NOT ACCEPT "MADE IN CHINA" FIGHTERS, as made + "REVERSE-ENGINEERED" FROM RUSS TECHS by the Shenyang Aircraft Company. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-17 23:47 |
| #1 FEAR NOT, BEIJING + TOKYO, THE CANADIANS ARE COMING, THE CANADIANS ARE COMING, to investigate and solve this dastardly deed! Have I said "..Eh"! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-17 00:04 |