Recently the Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee urged in a joint statement that China should play a responsible role in ensuring regional stability.

In this regard, Hong said that China keeps the road of peaceful development and enforces the military policy for defensive purposes while striving to develop the friendly and cooperative relations with different countries, its neighboring countries in particular.

China hopes that the countries concerned would respect this reality, take a responsible attitude and do a lot of things beneficial to preserving regional peace and stability and deepening mutual trust, he said.