China, Japan FMs meet at ASEAN forum
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-07-28 09:07
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Thursday to promote the improvement
and development of the Sino-Japan relations and push forward the bilateral
exchange and cooperation in various fields is the common objective of China and
Japan.
Li made the remarks when meeting with Japanese foreign Minister Taro Aso as a
sideline of his participation of ASEAN's Post Ministerial Conference.
Li said under the current international and regional situation, the
importance of the China-Japan relations has exceeded the spectrum of bilateral
relations, and the two countries are facing many common challenges and problems
in safeguarding regional peace, stability and development.
The Chinese minister said China hopes that the two countries will make
unremitting joint efforts to break the political impasse in the China-Japan
relations.
Aso said to push forward Japan-China friendly relationship in the spirit of
three political documents is a mutual understanding of the two countries.
He said it is very important for the two countries to strengthen exchange and
cooperation in economy and trade, science and technology, culture, youth,
political parties, congress and safety. Meanwhile, both sides should enlarge
common interests in areas of environment protection, energy and Northeast Asia
cooperation.
The Japanese minister said Japan will strictly adhere to its commitment about
the Taiwan issue in the Japan-China communique and does not support "Taiwan
independence."
Li arrived here Tuesday to attend the Ministerial Meeting between ASEAN,
China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, ASEAN Post Ministerial conference and
13th ASEAN Regional Forum on July 26-28.
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