Japan urged to create conditions to foster ties
Source: Xinhua |
January 31, 2013, Thursday
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CHINESE Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei yesterday urged Japan to create conditions for the normal development of bilateral relations.
Hong said he noted that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had called for a summit between Japan and China to mend bilateral relations hampered by their recent territorial disputes.
China attaches importance to developing relations with Japan, Hong said, stressing that the country hopes that Japan will make joint efforts with China to overcome major difficulties to bring bilateral ties back to the track for normal development.
The spokesman confirmed that Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Tomiichi Murayama, former Japanese prime minister and honorary advisor to the Japan-China Friendship Association, and the body's chief, Koichi Kato, in Beijing on Tuesday.
Hong said he noted that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had called for a summit between Japan and China to mend bilateral relations hampered by their recent territorial disputes.
China attaches importance to developing relations with Japan, Hong said, stressing that the country hopes that Japan will make joint efforts with China to overcome major difficulties to bring bilateral ties back to the track for normal development.
The spokesman confirmed that Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Tomiichi Murayama, former Japanese prime minister and honorary advisor to the Japan-China Friendship Association, and the body's chief, Koichi Kato, in Beijing on Tuesday.
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