China and Japan on Monday pledged continued efforts to push
forward the development of relations between the two countries and
agreed that there is now a good momentum for the bilateral
relationship.
In a telephone conversation, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and
his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso agreed that the overall bilateral
relationship now maintains a good momentum for improvement and
development.
That conforms to the fundamental interests of the two-countries
and peoples and is also conducive to peace and development in the
region and the rest of the world, they said.
The two ministers agreed that China and Japan should continue to
work together to promote the further development of bilateral
relations.
They also agreed to further strengthen coordination to promote
the process of the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear
issue, in efforts to achieve the denuclearization of the peninsula
at an early date.
(Xinhua News Agency December 25, 2006)
