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on september 24, foreign ministry spokesperson lin jian hosted a regular press conference. a reporter asked, "we understand that a delegation from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is visiting china upon invitation. can the spokesperson provide more information on the situation?"

lin jian said that from september 17 to 22, the director-general of the opcw, the chairman of the opcw executive council, the president of the conference of the states parties to the chemical weapons convention, and envoys and representatives of 13 countries to the opcw visited china.

the theme of this visit is to completely and thoroughly destroy the chemical weapons abandoned by japan in china as soon as possible, safeguard the authority of the chemical weapons convention, and achieve the goal of a "world without chemical weapons". during their stay in china, the delegation visited the excavation, recovery, and destruction of japan's chemical weapons. all parties stressed that the chemical weapons convention clearly stipulates japan's obligations to destroy japan's chemical weapons, and support the opcw to continue to conduct serious reviews, implement supervision and verification, and ensure that relevant regulations are effectively implemented.

it is important to emphasize that the japanese invaders used and abandoned chemical weapons in large quantities in china, and their huge harm continues to this day. it is japan's unshirkable historical, political and legal responsibility to eliminate the poisonous harm caused by japan's chemical weapons. japan should strictly follow the provisions of the chemical weapons convention and the china-japan intergovernmental memorandum, effectively enhance the sense of urgency and responsibility, accelerate the disposal of japan's chemical weapons in an all-round and full-chain manner, and eliminate the poisonous legacy of japan's chemical weapons as soon as possible, cleanly and thoroughly, and return a pure land to the chinese people.

china expects the opcw to play a greater role in supervising japan's compliance with its convention and fulfilling its responsibilities, and to continue to make efforts to achieve the lofty goal of "a world without chemical weapons".

(cctv reporter shen yang)

source: cctv news