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Chinese, Japanese PMs hold talks in Beijing
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe review the guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony
in Beijing, capital of China, on Oct. 8, 2006. (Xinhua Photo)
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) presides over a
welcoming ceremony in honor of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) at
the square outside the east gate of the Great Hall of the People in
Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 8, 2006.(Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING,
Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe held their first talks in Beijing Sunday afternoon, following a welcoming
ceremony in Abe's honor.
Wen told Abe that it is in the fundamental interests
of the two peoples to develop a friendly cooperative relationship between China
and Japan.
This is an irresistible general trend and common
aspiration of the two peoples, Wen said.
The talks will be followed by Abe's meetings with
President Hu Jintao and top legislator Wu Bangguo later Sunday.
Abe, who took office on September 26 and arrived here
earlier Sunday, is the first Japanese postwar prime minister who chose China as
the destination of his first official overseas trip. Enditem
Japanese PM arrives in Beijing for
official visit
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and
his wife (front) arrive in Beijing Oct. 8, 2006, starting a two-day
official visit to China.(Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
arrived in the Chinese capital Sunday afternoon, for his first foreign trip as
leader and his first summit talks with Chinese leaders.
Shortly afterwards, Abe is scheduled to meet Chinese
President Hu Jintao, top legislator Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen
Jiabao, respectively,
before flying to Seoul early Monday for talks with President Roh Moo-hyun of the
Republic of Korea (ROK).
The nuclear test of the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea will also be an "important agenda" of the meeting between Abe and the
Chinese leaders, according to the Japanese embassy in Beijing.
Abe is supposed to discuss the Korean peninsula
nuclear issue with Chinese top leaders, in order to push forward the stranded
six-party talks for an early resumption, sources said.
Xu Dunxin, who was Chinese ambassador to Japan
between 1993 and1998, was "prudently optimistic" about the prospects of
China-Japan relations, saying "Abe's visit cannot resolve all the problems in
bilateral ties as they are complicated and
protracted."
But Abe's visit will open a
channel for top leaders of the two countries to communicate and exchange views,
and lay groundwork for further discussions, Xu said.
"The visit itself is a positive result," he added.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and
his wife arrive in Beijing Oct. 8, 2006, starting a two-day official visit
to China. (Xinhua Photo)
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Premier Wen invited Abe to visit China on the premise
that "China and Japan reached a consensus on overcoming the political obstacle
affecting bilateral relationship and promoting friendly and cooperative
relationship," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao.
Abe, who took office September 26, is the first
Japanese postwar prime minister who chose China as the destination of his first
official overseas trip. He is also the first Japanese leader visiting China in
five years as top-level visits had been halted because of his predecessor
Junichiro Koizumi's repeated visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, where 14 class-A war
criminals in WWII are honored along with Japan's war dead.
While speaking of his visit to China and the ROK, Abe told a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Thursday that frank exchanges of views, goals and ideals are the first step in building the "relations of trust" among the Asian neighbors. Enditem [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
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