Mr. Hu Sishe, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), paid an official visit to former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in Tokyo on the afternoon of June 7.

Vice President Hu appreciated Mr. Yukio Hatoyama for giving support in the work of CPAFFC and working for the development of the friendly relationship between China and Japan for a long time. Vice President Hu said that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’ s visit to Japan in May had achieved a complete success, which would bring good opportunities  for the bilateral relations to develop. CPAFFC would be dedicated to promoting the exchanges and cooperation between the two peoples and making efforts on consolidating the base of the friendly relationship between the two countries.

Mr. Yukio Hatoyama spoke highly of the active role by CPAFFC in promoting the bilateral ties and said that it is needed to inherit and carry forward the spirit of the friendly relationship of the two countries by more and more Japanese people. Therefore, the friendly relations of the two countries would become more steady and last long time if the peoples of the two countries keep strong friendly relations.

Both sides also exchanged their views on recent international hot issues and how to develop exchanges and cooperation in future.

Photographed by Yu Xiaodong