Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan held a meeting with Nikai
Toshihiro, chairman of the General Council of the Liberal
Democratic Party (LDP), and Land and Transport Minister Fuyushiba
Tetsuzo in Beijing Sunday.
Tang said the Sino-Japanese relations are facing a good
opportunity for fresh development. China will continue to pursue a
friendly and cooperative policy toward Japan, and hopes the two
sides can grasp the opportunity and put the bilateral strategic and
reciprocal relations into concrete actions, so as to promote a
long-term, sound and stable development of bilateral relations.
Nikai Toshihiro and Fuyushiba Tetsuzo said the Japanese side is
willing to work with China, and take the development of
Sino-Japanese relations and upcoming Olympic Games as opportunities
to contribute to the friendship between the two peoples.
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the normalization of
China-Japan diplomatic relations. The two Japanese officials are in
China for the closing ceremony of a tourism exchange activity
commemorating the anniversary, which involves about over 30,000
people.
(Xinhua News Agency December 9, 2007)