China congratulates Yoshihide Suga on his election as Prime Minister of Japan and is willing to jointly promote the continuous new and greater development of China-Japan relations.

China congratulates Yoshihide Suga on his election as Prime Minister of Japan and is willing to jointly promote the continuous new and greater development of China-Japan relations.

　　China News Service, Beijing, September 16 (Reporter Zhang Weiran) Regarding the establishment of the new Japanese cabinet, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference on the 16th that China congratulated Mr. Yoshihide Suga on his election as Japanese Prime Minister.

China is willing to work with the new Japanese government to jointly promote the continuous new and greater development of China-Japan relations.

　　"We have noticed that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has stated many times recently that he wants to build stable diplomatic relations with China and other neighboring countries, and we appreciate this," Wang Wenbin said that day.

　　He said that China and Japan are friendly and close neighbors to each other and are also important countries in Asia and the world. The development of long-term stable, friendly and cooperative Sino-Japanese relations conforms to the fundamental interests of the two peoples and the general expectations of the international community.

China is willing to work with the new Japanese government to continuously consolidate political mutual trust, continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in various fields between the two countries in accordance with the principles and spirits established in the four political documents between China and Japan, and jointly promote the continuous new and greater development of China-Japan relations.

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