Xi hosts Beijing-friendly Japanese party chief
(01-25 11:22)
China's president-in-waiting Xi Jinping met with Japan’s New Komeito party chief Natsuo Yamaguchi today, Kyodo News reports.
Japan News Network reported that Yamaguchi sent a personal letter written by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Xi, in a bid to recover the relations soured over ownership of disputed islands.
Abe also hoped to hold a leaders' summit with Xi as soon as possible.
Before that, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has held a special meeting in Beijing with Yamaguchi.
Yang said the New Komeito party, which follows a friendly policy towards China, is an important force in Japan, saying he hopes Yamaguchi’s visit will improve relations between the two countries. Yamaguchi said he had suggested his government to schedule a visit to China. Yamaguchi arrived in Beijing on Tuesday. He met representatives of Japanese companies in China on Wednesday, ahead of talks with officials from the China-Japan Friendship Association. Yamaguchi is in Beijing until today.
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