Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Vietnamese Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu in Beijing on Tuesday, emphasizing the importance of strengthening bilateral ties.
Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, noted that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations and the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges.
He said China is willing to work with Vietnam to boost high-level exchanges, deepen strategic mutual trust, and expand mutually beneficial cooperation, so as to serve their own socialist modernization drive and push the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance to a new level.
Nguyen Minh Vu, who is in Beijing for the first strategic consultation between the foreign ministries of China and Vietnam, said that the Vietnamese side has always taken its relations with China as a top priority and strategic choice, and stands ready to work with China to push for more substantive progress in the building of the China-Vietnam community with a shared future.
Chinese FM meets Vietnamese permanent deputy FM
The Japanese intruder who broke into the Embassy of China in Japan on Tuesday morning was arrested by the police later the same day, with more information about the case disclosed, according to local media.
The intruder has been identified as Kodai Murata, 23, a second lieutenant in Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), stationed at Camp Ebino in Miyazaki Prefecture, according to Kyodo News, citing Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. A second lieutenant is the lowest officer rank within the GSDF.
The suspect allegedly entered the premises of the Chinese embassy at around 09:00 local time, carrying a knife and shouting threatening words. He was initially detained by embassy staff and later arrested by police on suspicion of unlawful entry, the report said.
The man admitted that his act was illegal and he also threatened to kill Chinese diplomatic personnel in the so-called "name of god." The GSDF said it would cooperate fully with the police and deal with the case "strictly," proceeding "based on facts."
According to the Chinese embassy in Japan, a man claiming to be "an active-duty officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces" forcibly broke into the embassy by climbing over a wall on Tuesday morning, threatening to kill Chinese diplomatic personnel.
The embassy has lodged solemn representations and a strong protest with the Japanese side, demanding that Japan provide a responsible explanation.
Intruder to Chinese embassy in Japan arrested, more information disclosed
