Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/06/2020
By: Emerson Lim

Taipei, June 6 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Saturday reiterated Taiwan's sovereignty rights over the Diaoyutai Islands, called Senkaku Islands by Japan, amid a reported plan by a Japanese local government to change their district name.

The Diaoyutai Islands are "undoubtedly inherent parts of the Republic of China," the formal name of Taiwan, the MOFA said in a statement on Saturday.

"The fact that our country has the sovereignty rights over the Diaoyutai Islands will not change because of any country's attempt to alter their name," the ministry said.

The statement was in response to a news report by Okinawa Times earlier in the day.
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