Chinese premier meets Japanese FM in Beijing aiming to achieve practical progress in bilateral relations.
On Wednesday, Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Takeshi Iwaya, the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, in Beijing.
Li highlighted that China-Japan relations are at an important juncture for progress. He conveyed China’s readiness to work alongside Japan to implement key agreements made by the leaders of both nations, ensuring the sustained and healthy development of bilateral ties and achieving further practical results in their cooperation.
Li noted that China and Japan are close, inseparable neighbors, and both countries have committed to being partners in cooperation, not threats to one another.
Li expressed the hope that Japan would work together with China, respect the principles set out in the four political documents between the countries, confront history with honesty, focus on the future, manage differences constructively, and keep the broader picture of China-Japan relations in mind.
Li urged both countries to expand economic and trade ties, enhance mutually beneficial cooperation, and further promote exchanges between their peoples.
Iwaya conveyed Japan’s readiness to collaborate with China to enhance exchanges at every level, especially people-to-people interactions, foster mutual cooperation, improve public perceptions, and comprehensively strengthen the strategic, mutually beneficial ties, aiming to establish stable and constructive Japan-China relations.
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