Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Hong Lei, said Tuesday that China and Japan alone should resolve their dispute over Diaoyu islands. He also rejected a US offer for three-way talks to ease tensions.

Hong Lei made the remarks when answering China's response to a US proposal on territory disputes between China and Japan over Diaoyu islands at Tuesday's press conference. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered last week at a regional summit in Vietnam to host a trilateral meeting with both China and Japan to ease the tensions over the Diaoyu islands. Hong responded the proposal is only a US idea, saying China always believes the full use of the current various dialogue and cooperation mechanisms for peace and development in the Asia Pacific region.

Hong Lei, Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC, said, "The territorial dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyu islands is the business of the two nations only. The US has repeatedly claimed that the Diaoyu islands fall within the scope of the US-Japan security alliance. This is extremely wrong. What the US should do is immediately rectify this wrong position."

Hong Lei also commented on the territorial dispute between Russian and Japan over the Kuril Islands. He said the issue concerned Moscow and Tokyo only and called for a resolution through dialogue between the two sides.

Hong Lei is the newly-appointed spokesman of Foreign Ministry. He is the 25th spokesman of the ministry.

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