China and Japan should enhance mutual trust and common interests
with a broader point of view when developing bilateral ties,
Premier Wen Jiabao told visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko
Kawaguchi Monday.
Wen called on the two countries to deepen friendship, increase
exchanges at all levels and expand cooperation in various fields,
such as economics and trade.
Kawaguchi arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a three-day official
visit to China.
Wen said he hoped the two countries, which have important influence
in Asia, can maintain the development of their friendly
relationship from generation to generation.
Conveying a letter from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Kawaguchi
told Wen that Japan is willing to work to enhance relations with
China on the basis of the principles of three key documents.
The Joint Statement of the Government of the People's Republic of
China and the Government of Japan, the Treaty of Peace and
Friendship between the People's Republic of China and Japan, and
the Sino-Japanese Joint Declaration are regarded as the political
basis guiding the development of bilateral ties.
Kawaguchi added that she realized that China's rapid economic
growth and its increasingly active role in the world brought
opportunities for Japan.
Kawaguchi called on the two countries to enhance bilateral and
regional cooperation to benefit the two peoples.
She also met State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan Monday. Tang said the two
countries should pay high attention to and properly handle the
issues of history and Taiwan which influence healthy bilateral
ties.
Following this Chinese trip, Kawaguchi also plans to visit three
European countries -- the United Kingdom, France and Germany from 9
April.
(China Daily April 8, 2003)