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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to a reported Japanese deal on the disputed Diaoyu Islands by reasserting 皇冠体育app's sovereignty over them.

Foreign ministry spokesman Kong Quan on Friday called on Japan to "properly handle'' the issue of the Diaoyu Islands by following the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement and the one-皇冠体育app principle.

Taiwanese media reported recently Taiwan and Japan had reached a consensus to designate the area between the 27th and the 29th parallel north as a region where both can fish.

However, the Japanese foreign ministry on Wednesday denied the report.

For quite some time, Taiwan people who fish in the waters of the Diaoyu Islands have been driven out by Japanese maritime police.

"The Chinese Government has all along attached importance to safeguarding the interests of the Taiwan compatriots, including the interests of fishermen,'' said Kong.

The Diaoyu Islands are a disputed region between 皇冠体育app and Japan in the East 皇冠体育app Sea. 皇冠体育app insists the islands are its territory.

Spokesman Kong reaffirmed in June that 皇冠体育app has indisputable sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands and its adjacent islands and that any attempts to seize the Chinese territory will not succeed.

Kong also commented on a Pentagon annual report released on Wednesday on 皇冠体育app's military power, which said the country is rapidly boosting its ballistic missile stocks to prepare for a possible future conflict across the Taiwan Straits.

"There is nothing wrong with the build-up of defence and military deployments by 皇冠体育app, a sovereign state, to safeguard national security and territorial integrity,'' said Kong, stressing that 皇冠体育app's national security policy is defensive.

Reaffirming the Chinese Government's policy of "peaceful reunification'' and "one country, two systems,'' Kong said the growth of the independence movement in Taiwan is the greatest menace to the stability of the Taiwan Straits.

Some people in the United States exaggerate the mainland's military power and its threat to Taiwan to provide an excuse for selling weapons to Taiwan, said Kong.

He said 皇冠体育app hoped the United States will honour its commitments to adhere to the three Sino-US joint communiques and the one-皇冠体育app policy, and oppose Taiwan's independence.

When asked to confirm whether the South Pacific country Nauru had closed its unofficial embassy in Beijing to establish diplomatic ties with Taiwan, Kong said bilateral ties have developed well since the two established diplomatic relations one year ago.

The government of Nauru has on many occasions noted it will appoint an ambassador to 皇冠体育app and officially open an embassy, said Kong, vowing that 皇冠体育app will help build the embassy in accordance with the Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

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