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report: Premier Wen visits ROK,
Japan
TOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Chna
and Japan have reached consensus on properly handling the East China Sea issue,
a joint press communique said here on Wednesday.
In the press communique issued after talks between
visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, the
two sides said they are committed to efforts to make the East China Sea a "sea
of peace, cooperation and friendship."
The two sides will conduct joint development in
accordance with the principle of mutual benefit as a temporary arrangement
pending the completion of demarcation of sea borders, it said.
They will hold higher-level dialogues on the East
China Sea issue if need arises, the communique said.
The two sides also agreed to conduct joint
development in a "relatively wide area that is acceptable to both sides," it
said.
The two countries will accelerate the process of
consultations so that they could report to the two countries' leaders this fall
about specific plans for joint development, according to the communique.
The communique also said Japan would introduce mobile
processing equipment to speed up work to dispose of abandoned chemical weapons
in China.

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