Japan-China Foreign Minister's First Cultural Exchange Dialogue “Mutual understanding between the people is indispensable” November 25, 13:16
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While the first meeting was held to discuss measures to promote private exchanges between Japan and China, Foreign Minister Motegi expressed his idea of activating exchanges not only in the political and economic fields but also in a wide range of fields such as culture. Foreign Minister Wang Yi also wanted to promote sports exchanges through the Olympics that will be held by both sides from next year.
The first meeting of the “Japan-China High Level Human-Cultural Exchange Dialogue”, chaired by Foreign Minister Mogi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China, was held in Tokyo from 11:00 am.
At the beginning, Mr. Motegi said, “Following politics and economics, the foundation for building Japan-China relations suitable for the new era in a wide range of human and cultural exchanges has been further developed. Mutual understanding among the people is an indispensable basis for doing this. "
On the other hand, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, “To bring the bilateral relationship into a new era, it is necessary to promote the exchange between the two peoples, warm the hearts of people and deepen the bond. I want to cultivate the human resources that will be responsible. "
Based on the fact that next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be held in Beijing and the Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be held in Beijing in 2022, “I would like to promote local exchanges using friendly city relations.” Said.
In the future, both countries will promote sports exchanges, exchanges between youth, further promotion of tourism, and strengthening cultural exchanges in fields such as movies.
Both foreign ministers are scheduled to make a joint press release in the afternoon after the meeting between Japan and China.