China calls for further cooperation with Japan to investigate "poisoned dumpling incident": FM
12/3/2008 17:35
Further cooperation between China and Japan is required to
investigate the so-called "poisoned dumpling incident", said Chinese Foreign
Minister Yang Jiechi in Beijing today.
Yang made the remarks at a press
conference on the sidelines of the annual session of China's parliament.
"We
hope relevant departments of the two sides, the police in particular, can have
more communication and cooperation in a cool-headed, fair, objective and
scientific manner to conduct coordinated investigation and find the truth as
early as possible, " said Yang.
He believed it necessary to establish a
long-term China-Japan food safety cooperation mechanism to carry out more timely
and effective cooperation, adding both Chinese and Japanese expect such a
mechanism can be set up at an early date.
He stressed China had conducted
very serious and responsible investigation into the incident and had timely
released initial investigation results since the government had been taking food
safety very seriously and was very responsible for consumers at home and
abroad.
Xinhua
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