Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) meets
with South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun in Beijing, Oct. 13, 2006.
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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, Oct. 8, 2006. (Xinhua File Photo) Photo
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BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of
President of the Republic of Korea Roh Moo-hyun and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will pay an official visit to the two
countries from April 10 to 13.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made the
announcement Tuesday at a regular press conference.
Qin said Wen will visit ROK from April 10 to 11 and
Japan from April 11 to 13. The detailed agenda of Wen's two-nation tour is still
under consultation.
This will be the first visit in seven years paid by
Chinese Premier to Japan.
China-Japan relations had been frozen for long due to
former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's continued visits to the
Yasukuni Shrine, where 14 Japanese class-A war criminals in the Second World War
were enshrined.
China and Japan overcame political obstacles last
October when Chinese President Hu Jintao and Abe met in Beijing. The two reached
agreements on facilitating healthier development of bilateral relations, which
brought bilateral ties back on track for improvement.
TOKYO, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Japan welcomes Chinese Premier
Wen Jiabao's upcoming visit to the country in April, Japan's top government
spokesman said here on Tuesday.
Wen's visit to Japan is "extremely meaningful" for
both nations to engage in "deeper dialogue on forging strategic and mutually
beneficial relationship," Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said
at a news conference. Full story
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's
visit to Japan, the first of a Chinese premier to Japan in seven years, is of
great importance to bilateral cooperation, said Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing at
a press conference here Tuesday.
He made the remarks on the sidelines of the Fifth
Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC), China's top
legislature. Full story
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