President of the Republic of Ecuador Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin arrived in Beijing on Sunday morning to begin his week-long state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
This is President Daniel Noboa's first visit to China since he took office in 2023.
During the visit, Xi is set to hold talks with him, according to China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-Ecuador comprehensive strategic partnership. China hopes the visit will help further consolidate political mutual trust between the two countries, carry forward the traditional friendship, and achieve new progress in the comprehensive strategic partnership for the benefit of the two peoples, said the Ministry.
Ecuadorian president arrives in Beijing for first state visit to China
Ecuadorian president arrives in Beijing for first state visit to China
A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Japan said Saturday that Japanese political leaders' latest moves involving the notorious Yasukuni Shrine constitute a serious challenge to the victorious outcomes of World War II and the post-war international order.
Responding to questions over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ritual offering to the war-linked shrine, as well as visits to the shrine by several cabinet ministers and senior politicians, the spokesperson said the Chinese side firmly opposes and severely condemns the moves, and has lodged solemn representations and a strong protest with the Japanese side.
The Yasukuni Shrine is a spiritual tool and symbol of Japanese militarism's foreign wars of aggression which enshrines 14 convicted Class-A war criminals who bear direct responsibility for the country's war of aggression, the spokesperson said.
The relevant actions of Japanese officials and politicians openly stand in opposition to historical justice and human conscience, and seriously challenge the fruits of World War II and the post-war international order, the spokesperson added.
The spokesperson noted that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trials, which lawfully convicted Class-A war criminals and upheld the outcomes of the World Anti-Fascist War.
Correctly acknowledging and deeply reflecting on Japan's militarist past war crimes was an important prerequisite for the country's return to the international community after the war, and also forms the political foundation for the establishment and development of China-Japan relations, the spokesperson said.
China urges the Japanese side to deeply reflect on its historical crimes, earnestly learn from history, honor its commitment to peaceful development, take real actions to break with militarism, halt dangerous moves toward "remilitarization," and avoid placing itself in the defendant's seat of history once again, the spokesperson said.
Chinese embassy condemns Japanese politicians' Yasukuni Shrine moves as serious challenge to postwar int'l order
