Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has wrapped up his three-day visit to Mongolia, where he attended a commissioning ceremony for the central sewage treatment plant, built with assistance from China, in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on Monday.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attended the ceremony alongside Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg and other officials.
Wang said at the ceremony that China announced its support for Mongolia's economic development in 2014, laying the foundation for the construction of the central sewage treatment plant, adding that the people-centered project is a symbol of friendship and another testament to the longstanding mutual support between China and Mongolia. "Over the past eight years, this livelihood project, also a friendship project, carries the shared expectations of the leaders and the peoples of both countries. From blueprint to reality, and from groundbreaking to completion, it has become another symbol of China-Mongolia mutual assistance," Wang said.
The plant is a flagship cooperative project between China and Mongolia. Constructed by Chinese enterprises using Chinese standards and technology, it is the largest and the most advanced sewage treatment facility in Mongolia. The plant is expected to significantly improve local water quality, the environment, and residents' quality of life.
Chinese FM attends ceremony to launch China-aided central sewage treatment plant in Mongolia
Political shows staged by certain individuals in the Philippines cannot distort the historical and legal fact that relevant islands and reefs in the South China Sea belong to China, Jiang Bin, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, said on Friday.
He made the remarks in response to media reports that the Philippine defense secretary had recently visited Zhongye Dao to take part in the activities commemorating the 10th anniversary of the so-called "South China Sea Arbitral Tribunal Award".
"China has indisputable sovereignty over Nansha Qundao and its adjacent waters, including Zhongye Dao. The Philippine defense secretary, who is sanctioned by the Chinese side, is playing tough toward China by staging political shows and fanning nationalist sentiments in pursuit of personal political interests, which will ultimately undermine the fundamental interests of the Philippines and its people. The 'arbitration' is, from beginning to end, a political farce masqueraded as a legal process, and the so-called award carries no legal force in any sense. The Chinese side does not accept nor recognize the award. We do not accept any claims or actions based on it. No matter how certain individuals in the Philippines perform, they can never distort the historical and legal fact that relevant islands and reefs belong to China, and can never shake the firm determination of the Chinese military to defend China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests," said Jiang.
China rejects Philippine political shows over South China Sea islands: defense ministry
