South Korea protests Japan's territorial claims to islets

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An aerial photo of the islets called Dokdo by South Korea and Takeshima by Japan, taken from the Challenger patrol plane of the Korean Coast Guard on August 12, 2020. /VCG

South Korea on Friday protested Japan's renewed territorial claims to the islets lying halfway between the two countries, called Dokdo by South Korea and Takeshima by Japan.

The South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement that Seoul strongly protests Japan's reiteration of unjust territorial claims to Dokdo in a speech delivered by Japan's foreign minister to the Diet.

The ministry called for an immediate withdrawal of such claims, making it clear that Japan's unjust claims will have no impact whatsoever on South Korea's sovereignty over Dokdo.

It reaffirmed that South Korea will firmly respond to any provocations by Japan, stressing that Japan should realize that the repeated unjust claims over Dokdo, which is clearly an integral part of the South Korean territory historically, geographically and under international law, will be in no way conducive to building a future-oriented relationship between Seoul and Tokyo.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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