TOKYO – Japan and China are hoping to carry safety talks ‘within the close to future,’ Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa stated Saturday after assembly with China’s prime diplomat Wang Yi in South Korea.
The talks between Kamikawa and Wang marked the primary time the 2 senior diplomats had met since Kamikawa grew to become Japan’s international minister in September and adopted the primary face-to-face talks in a 12 months by their international locations’ leaders earlier this month.
‘We confirmed that we’re in search of additional shut communication on a wide range of points … and we hope to carry safety talks within the close to future,’ Kamikawa instructed reporters.
An account of the assembly launched by China’s Foreign Ministry stated Wang had emphasised the necessity for each side to clarify they ‘don’t pose a risk to 1 one other,’ whereas respecting ‘one another’s authentic issues.’
Kamikawa stated Japan was in search of a lifting of a Chinese ban on all Japanese seafood-related exports within the wake of the wastewater launch from the crippled Fukushima nuclear energy plant.
The Chinese ministry stated it opposes ‘Japan’s irresponsible practices’ and that there was a necessity to determine a ‘long-term monitoring mechanism for all stakeholders.’
Japan and China may also search high-level talks on the financial system, Kamikawa stated, including that no date had been set.
China’s President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met on the sidelines of a world convention within the United States on Nov. 17, the place they agreed to pursue mutually useful relations.
They appeared to emphasise shared financial pursuits amid a collection of diplomatic disputes which have plagued relations between the 2 international locations, together with the discharge of wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific and the detainment of a Japanese nationwide in China.
Kamikawa stated she communicated Japan’s stance on these points, but additionally emphasised that Japan and China shall be in shut communication on the issues that divide them.
‘We additionally mentioned points that the international locations should work collectively on… and we had been capable of have a significant trade of views on local weather change, worldwide insurance coverage, growth finance, in addition to the North Korea scenario,’ she stated with out elaborating.
Kamikawa and Wang will attend trilateral talks with their South Korean counterpart Park Jin on Sunday.