Mr. Tang Jiaxuan, President of China-Japan Friendship Association, met in Beijing with Mr. NIKAI TOSHIHIRO, Legislator of Japanese Liberal Democratic Party, who attended the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on May 12.
President Tang said that the general relations of the two countries are stable, but they are fragile and sensitive. He hoped that the two countries should take the 45th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations as an opportunity to safeguard the political foundation of the bilateral ties, firmly keep to the general direction of peace, friendship and cooperation of bilateral relations so as to push Sino-Japanese relations for improvement. The Belt and Road Initiatives are the important public products for each country to strengthen international cooperation, which are benefit for the economic growth, development and win-win situation of the regions and the global. Chinese side expected the Japanese side to participate in the Belt and Road Initiatives and inject vitality into the cooperation of the two countries and the improvement of bilateral relations.
NIKAI TOSHIHIRO agreed with President Tang about the Sino-Japanese relations. NIKAI TOSHIHIRO said that the large-scale humanity and culture exchange programs between Japan and China had held in the past achieved good results. Continuous expanding the exchange of the humanity is very much important to develop the bilateral ties. We would firmly keep to the belief and continue to make efforts on promoting Japan and China friendship no matter what will happen in Sino-Japanese relations.