State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan on Wednesday appealed for improving
Sino-Japanese relations, and Noda Takeshi, member of the House of
Representatives of Japan also urged Japan to give positive
response.
Tang told Takeshi that China will enhance non-official exchanges
and cooperation in economic, cultural, educational and tourist
fields with Japan to give new impetus to bilateral ties.
Takeshi, also chairman of the Japan-China Society, appreciated
China's positive stance on improving bilateral ties, noting that to
pull Japan-China relations out of the plight needs "bi-track"
action.
He said Japan and China should increase exchanges and
cooperation to avoid the deterioration of bilateral ties.
China-Japan relations are facing "severe difficulties," Tang
said, contributing that to the visits by Japanese leaders to the
Yasukuni Shrine, where Japanese World War II criminals were
honored.
In a bid to develop Sino-Japanese ties, Chinese President Hu
Jintao made a five-point proposal on improving bilateral ties last
year and it's the "very indication" of Chinese government's will,
Tang said.
Tang also noted that the two sides should abide by the
principles set in the three Sino-Japanese political documents and
promote bilateral ties in the spirit of "learn from the history and
face the future."
"It conforms to the fundamental interests of the two peoples to
eliminate political obstacles in the bilateral ties and to pull it
back to the normal track at an early date," Tang told the
delegation led by Takeshi.
(Xinhua News Agency February 9, 2006)
