Ministry: Nation to resolutely safeguard sovereignty

Beijing vowed to take resolute and strong measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity after a group of Japanese lawmakers led by Keiji Furuya of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party visited the Taiwan region and met with the island's leader Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday.

Furuya's trip interfered in China's internal affairs, violated the one-China principle and the spirit of the four China-Japan political documents and sent a seriously wrong signal to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday.

"China strongly condemns such an egregious move," the spokesperson said.