China urges Japan to remove obstacles to bilateral ties
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-14 19:50
BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang urged here on Thursday
to remove the political obstacles that have "influenced normal development" of
China-Japan relations.
China is willing to work with Japan to put the China-Japan relations back to
the track of healthy development as soon as possible, said Qin at a regular
press conference when responding to a journalist's question, adding that the
task of top priority at the present stage is to remove the political obstacles
that have influenced the resumption and normal development of bilateral
relations.
Qin noted that China has always attached great importance to the relations
with Japan and is willing to develop neighborly cooperation with Japan in line
with the principle of taking history as a mirror and looking into the future and
based on the three Sino-Japanese political documents.
He said China will strive for peaceful coexistence, friendship from
generation to generation between the two countries, cooperation on the basis of
mutual benefits and common development.
Referring to China-Japan military exchanges, Qin said China attaches great
importance to the exchanges and cooperation with Japan in various
fields.
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