BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in Beijing on Wednesday.
This yr marks the forty fifth anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship, Han stated, including that peaceable coexistence and eternal friendship between China and Japan conform to the basic pursuits of the 2 international locations and two peoples, and are additionally of nice significance to Asia and the world.
He stated China and Japan take pleasure in deep-rooted people-to-people friendship and deeply built-in pursuits, calling on the 2 sides to additional strengthen communication and exchanges, deepen sensible cooperation in varied fields, and understand mutual studying and mutual profit.
The Chinese facet appreciates the unremitting efforts and necessary contributions made by Fukuda and pleasant folks from the Japanese cultural group to advertise people-to-people exchanges between China and Japan, Han stated. He urged joint efforts by the 2 sides to strengthen cooperation and play a much bigger function in bettering and growing bilateral relations and enhancing pleasant emotions between their peoples.
Fukuda stated Japan and China take pleasure in a protracted historical past of pleasant exchanges and intently linked pursuits, and expressed his willingness to proceed to advertise cooperation with China in varied fields.