July 11, 2012 - Updated 1424 PKT
PHNOM PENH: China told Japan on Wednesday it should respect Beijing's "indisputable sovereignty" over disputed islands in the East China Sea as tension flared again between the countries.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Liechi met with Japanese counterpart Koichiro Gemba in Phnom Penh where he "reaffirmed China's principled position" on the islands known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese.
"He stressed that Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islets have always been China's territory since ancient times, over which China has indisputable sovereignty," said a statement from the Chinese delegation.
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