Xi tells Abe ‘disruptions’ should be put aside
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CHINA and Japan should “put aside disruptions” and bring relations back on a normal track as soon as possible, President Xi Jinping told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday.
At their meeting following the two-day G20 summit in Hangzhou, Xi said China and Japan are close and important neighbors. Long-term, healthy and stable development of bilateral ties is conducive to the benefit of people from both countries and to regional peace and stability, Xi said.
He said Sino-Japanese ties are currently still “troubled by complications at times.”
The two countries should put aside such disruptions and propel bilateral relations back on the track of normal development as soon as possible.
Xi said China’s basic standpoint in improving its relations with Japan had not changed. Bilateral ties have entered a key phase, where “no progress means regression.”
“Both sides should bolster their sense of responsibility and crisis awareness, and work to build on the positive elements of bilateral ties while putting a lid on negative ones, in order to ensure stable improvement of relations,” Xi said.
They should also make the most of the 45th anniversary of normalization of Sino-Japanese ties in 2017, and the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between China and Japan the year after, to push forward Sino-Japanese ties, he said.
Xi stressed that China and Japan should adhere to their four political documents and the four-point principled agreement reached in late 2014, in a bid to ensure their political foundation of bilateral relations will stand firm.
The two countries should properly “manage historical issues and prevent new issues from emerging” in a bid to cut back on the “stumbling blocks,” Xi added.
He noted that the two countries’ economies are highly complementary and they could strengthen macroeconomic communication and raise the level of practical cooperation in all sectors.
The two sides should also carry forward the tradition of people-to-people friendship and boost exchanges at local levels.
“Both countries should follow the new concept featuring win-win cooperation, make joint efforts to advance regional cooperation and address global challenges,” he said.
Xi said China and Japan should properly handle the East China Sea issue via dialogue and consultation to jointly safeguard peace and stability in the region.
Japan, he said, should “exercise caution in its words and deeds” on the South China Sea issue, so as not to disrupt the improvement of Sino-Japanese ties.
Abe, who congratulated China on the success of the G20 summit, said Japan attached great importance to its relations with China, noting the two countries are “neighbors that cannot be parted.”
Tokyo is willing to establish political trust with Beijing and will work to improve bilateral ties in the spirit of consensus reached between the two countries, and maintain dialogue on relevant issues.
Abe added that Japan hopes to step up cooperation with China in finance, trade and environmental protection.
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