China backs ROK's call for int'l organizations to cooperate on Fukushima issue


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BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- China supports the Republic of Korea (ROK) in calling on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to work with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to ensure the safe disposal of the contaminated Fukushima nuclear wastewater, said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Monday. A senior official of ROK's Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries condemned Japan for making its discharge decision "without processes for sufficient consultation and understanding from its closest country," and requested the IMO to review ways to cooperate with the IAEA to ensure the contaminated water can be disposed of through a method...