00:00China has backed calls from Japanese local assemblies urging Tokyo to strictly uphold
00:05its traditional three non-clear principles.
00:08Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Yang stated on Monday that local demands reflect
00:13the Japanese public's genuine aspiration for peace.
00:16Lin warned that attempts by Japan's ruling authorities to abandon the country's pacifist
00:21constitution and accelerate re-metallarization could remain widely unpopular.
00:25Beijing stressed that despite official pledges made at international disarmament forums,
00:31the global community will closely monitor whether Tokyo honors its non-nuclear commitments
00:36or continues heading toward military expansion.
00:43Chinese local assemblies strongly call for upholding the three non-nuclear principles,
00:48a clear sign that the people want peace.
00:51Tokyo's rush to abandon the pacifist constitution and re-militarize the country at a faster pace
00:57is out of step with the public.
00:59We urge the Japanese authorities to stop going further down the wrong path and not to stubbornly
01:05go against the overwhelming trend on the nuclear issue.
01:09China calls on the international community and all peace-loving people in Japan to urge
01:14the Japanese authorities to earnestly abide by its NPT obligations, completely abandon re-militarization,
01:20cooperation, and the intention to possess nuclear weapons, stop pushing to revise the three non-nuclear
01:26principles, stop the so-called extended deterrence, cooperation with other countries, not to seek
01:32the introduction of allies' nuclear weapons to Japan, and immediately take effective steps
01:37to address the great imbalance between the supply and demand of sensitive nuclear materials
01:41so as to earn trust from its Asian neighbors and the international community with concrete
01:46actions.
01:46DANT.
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