Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Tokyo on Sunday
morning for a two-day official visit to China.
China and Japan have reached an agreement on tackling the
political obstacles that had blocked the development of bilateral
ties and on boosting the development of the friendly cooperation
between them, Liu Jianchao, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign
Ministry, said earlier.
Abe, at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, headed for
China for his first foreign trip after he took office on September
26.
The Japanese leader will also visit South Korea after his
Beijing trip.
(Xinhua News Agency October 8, 2006)
