Japan not qualified for permanent UNSC seat, says Chinese envoy

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22(Xinhua): A Chinese envoy said Wednesday that Japan is not qualified at all for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
Japanese militarism has not been thoroughly reckoned with, and Japanese right-wing forces are pushing for remilitarisation, said Sun Lei, the charge d'affaires of China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
"A country that shows no remorse for its historical crimes, that violates basic norms of international relations, that challenges the outcomes of World War II and blatantly tramples on the post-war international order, cannot shoulder the responsibility of safeguarding international peace and security, cannot gain the trust of the international community, and has fundamentally no qualifications to seek permanent membership on the Security Council," said Sun.
The Security Council is the core of the international collective security mechanism.