Chinese envoy: Japan unqualified for permanent seat on UN Security Council

A Chinese envoy said Japan is "totally unqualified" to seek a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.

Sun Lei, charge d'affaires of China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, was speaking at the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform under the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Sun stressed Japan is not qualified to seek a permanent seat in the UN Security Council.

Sun said Japanese right-wing politicans have continued to whitewash the country's history of aggression and push for remilitarisation.

He asserted this seriously violates the basic norms governing international relations and constitutes an open challenge to the outcomes of World War II.

Sun said China, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a responsible major country, is ready to work with all peace-loving countries and peoples to firmly uphold the outcomes of World War II and the post-war international order.