The foreign ministers of China and Japan agreed to resume strategic dialogue between the two countries, which has been interrupted since 2020.
"The two countries need to put the mutually beneficial strategic relationship into practice, build a specific roadmap and implementation time," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on November 25 after meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa in Busan, South Korea.
The foreign ministers of China and Japan agreed to resume the strategic dialogue between the two countries, which had been interrupted since early 2020. The two sides also pledged to maintain regular consultations between their diplomatic agencies and bilateral security dialogue.
This is the first time the foreign ministers of Japan and China have met face to face since Ms. Kamikawa took office in September.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Northeast Asia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting hosted by South Korea. South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin hopes that this round of dialogue will revive the trilateral summit model. The last time this event took place was in September 2019.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (left) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet in Busan, South Korea on November 25. Photo: Kyodo
Earlier, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reaffirmed their commitment to a "mutually beneficial strategic relationship" at a meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit, held in the US in mid-November.
This concept of relationship was set forth by the two countries in 2008, but has not been used frequently due to tensions in China-Japan relations related to many issues.
According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry , Mr. Wang Yi called on all parties to realize this and move Japan-China relations in a "correct and healthy" direction. "The two sides should put the mutually beneficial strategic relationship into practice, map out a suitable roadmap and timetable," Mr. Wang Yi said.
Foreign Minister Kamikawa said she was ready to work closely with Wang to build "stable and constructive" bilateral relations, Japan's Foreign Ministry said.
However, the statement from the two countries' foreign ministries showed that China and Japan still have some unresolved differences.
Wang Yi called on Japan to respect the "One China" principle. Meanwhile, Kamikawa said Japan's stance on the Taiwan issue has not changed and expressed concern about the situation in the strait of the same name.
Ms. Kamikawa called on China to lift its ban on Japanese seafood imports, which China imposed after Japan released treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China opposes Japan's discharge of radioactive water into the sea, and called for the establishment of a "comprehensive, effective and independent long-term monitoring mechanism" for relevant parties.
Thanh Danh (According to AFP )
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