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Japan urged to clear chemical weapons
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-01-24 08:02

China on Friday urged Japan to abide by a commitment to destroy chemical weapons it abandoned in China during World War II.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu made the remarks when commenting on a report by a Japanese newspaper that Japan had decided to freeze its abandoned chemical arms destruction program in the Harbaling area of Jilin province. "The Japanese side said clearly that the report does not conform to the fact, and there's no change to its stand to speed up the process of disposing of the chemical weapons it abandoned," Jiang said.