Wen Jiabao, Abe hold talks
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-08 15:47
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held their first talks in Beijing Sunday
afternoon, following a welcoming ceremony in Abe's honor.
Wen told Abe that it is in the fundamental interests of the two peoples to
develop a friendly cooperative relationship between China and Japan
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao review the honour guard during a welcome
ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing October 8, 2006. Abe
arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a summit with Chinese leaders at which he
will seek a thaw in ties chilled by wartime history and will consult on
North Korea's nuclear threat. [Reuters] | This is
an irresistible general trend and common aspiration of the two peoples, Wen
said.
Wen said the two sides should set store by the overall interests of the
Sino-Japanese relations, conform to the world trend and the need of the people
and to further develop the bilateral friendly relations of cooperation.
Recently, Wen said, China and Japan have reached consensus on overcoming
obstacles which hindered bilateral ties and on promoting the sound and healthy
development of Sino-Japanese relations, all of these helped realize the visit.
Abe said he believes the future of Japanese-Chinese relations will have "no
cloud", and he is ready to further the dialogue between the leaders of the two
countries.
The talks will be followed by Abe's meetings with President Hu Jintao and top
legislator Wu Bangguo later Sunday.
Abe, who took office September 26,
arrived in Beijing earlier Sunday for his first foreign trip as leader. He is
also the first Japanese postwar prime minister who chose China as the
destination of his first official overseas trip.
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