Beijing [China], December 26 (ANI): Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi on Wednesday held a gathering and dealing lunch along with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing, with their discussions targeted on a variety of points, together with financial cooperation, safety considerations within the East China and South China Seas, and regional and world challenges similar to Taiwan, Ukraine, and North Korea.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in an announcement mentioned, “The two foreign ministers, under a broad direction of comprehensively promoting a “Mutually Beneficial Relationship Based on Common Strategic Interests” and building “constructive and steady Japan-China relations,” concurred that they would make joint efforts to reduce issues and concerns and increase cooperation and coordination. The two ministers confirmed that they would further strengthen communication at various levels and in a wide range of fields, accelerate necessary consultations and work, and make utmost efforts to realise concrete results by utilising opportunities including high-level communication and interaction, including between the leaders and foreign ministers.”Minister Iwaya throughout the assembly expressed Japan’s severe considerations concerning the state of affairs within the East China Sea, together with the state of affairs surrounding the Senkaku Islands, and the intensification of Chinese army actions, the buoys, and China’s unilateral growth of pure sources, and urged the Chinese facet to deal with these points.
The Japanese Foreign Minister additionally expressed considerations concerning the conditions within the South China Sea and others, and on the subject of Taiwan, he said that Japan is carefully monitoring related developments, together with the current army actions, and reiterated that peace and stability throughout the Taiwan Strait is extraordinarily necessary for the worldwide neighborhood, together with Japan.
The two overseas ministers additionally exchanged views on regional points such because the state of affairs in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the response to North Korea, together with the nuclear and missile points and the kidnapping situation.
The Japanese Foreign Ministry added, “The two foreign ministers also reaffirmed that Japan and China have an important responsibility in the peace and prosperity of the region and the international community and confirmed to actively engage in dialogue on the regional situation and global issues.”This was Iwaya’s first go to to China as Japan’s high diplomat, based on Kyodo News. The final time a Japanese overseas minister travelled to China was in April 2023 when Yoshimasa Hayashi visited Beijing. (ANI)