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China, Japan vow to further bilateral ties
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-16 11:54
TOKYO -- Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cui Tiankai, on behalf of their respective governments, advocated joint efforts Tuesday to push forward the Japan-China relations and conveyed good wishes for their further advance. At the plenary meeting of the Fourth Beijing-Tokyo Forum, Komura said that the Japanese government attaches great importanceto its ties with China and it is his conviction that this general trend will not be reversed. The two nations have made joint efforts to push forward bilateral ties as well as address regional and international issues in recent years, said Komura, adding that under the guidingprinciple of the Japan-China strategic and mutually beneficial relations, the two nations have witnessed advances and improvements in their ties. Cui, for his part, said that national interests of the two countries entail both friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation. And the stable, sound and long-term development of China-Japan relations serves as an important factor in maintaining both nations'' prosperity and stability in the volatile international environments. The three-day forum, with the participation of more than 100 personages from various circles of both countries, opened with a dinner party late Monday. In their speeches at the party, Hiroya Masudan, Japanese Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications,and Wang Chen, head of the State Council Information Office of China, lauded the role the forum has played in the development of bilateral ties and wished it a success. The annual forum, co-sponsored by China Daily and the non-profit Japanese organization Genron NPO, is held alternately in Beijing and Tokyo. The first Tokyo-Beijing Form took place in Beijing in August 2005. |
