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Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Song Aiguo has said Cairo Declaration cements the legal foundation to solve the Sino-Japanese territorial row.
The Declaration stated, all territories Japan has stolen from the Chinese, shall be restored to China.
Song's remarks came out marking the 70th anniversary of the Declaration's signing, and amid the mounting tension between the arch rivals in east Asia.
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The ambassador talked to Cairo-based Chinese reporters at Mena House in Cairo on Saturday.
Cairo Declaration was issued 70 years back at Mena House, a restaurant complex near the landmark Giza pyramids.
On Dec. 1, 1943, then U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek jointly inked the Declaration.
In Cairo, the troika vowed to continue the military actions against Japan to "restrain and punish it" until its "unconditional surrender."
Song, the ambassador, said the Cairo meeting laid a cornerstone of the victory of World War 2, and legal ground to solve Sino-Japanese dispute.
SOUNDBITE (CHINESE): SONG AIGUO, Chinese Ambassador to Egypt
"Diaoyu Islands were taken by Japan from China through war and after the Treaty of Shimonoseki. There is no doubt that Japan should take the responsibility in accordance to Cairo Declaration. So, the Declaration bears legal significance on the issue of Diaoyu Islands."
The Declaration read, Japan would be expelled from all other territories, it had taken by violence and greed, which cover Diaoyu Islands.
Song said the signing of Cairo Declaration help China recover from the humiliation imposed by foreign invaders.
SOUNDBITE (CHINESE): SONG AIGUO, Chinese Ambassador to Egypt
"Under Cairo Declaration, China reclaimed territories which were taken illegally by Japan, ending the humiliating history. It was important for China. After the signing of the Declaration, China regained the integration of its territory, on the relic of the World War 2."
According to the Declaration, Japan should "give up virtually all the territory it had acquired by force since 1895 and 1914, including northeast China, the island of Taiwan and nearby islands ... and Pescadores."
Diaoyu Islands are certainly covered by the Declaration, as Taiwan's "nearby islands."
However, Japan continues to take unilateral and provoking actions on the Diaoyu Islands.
