Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 25. President Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on the evening of September 25.
Xi Jinping emphasized that China and Japan are important close neighbors and cooperative partners to each other, and both are important countries in Asia and the world. They have extensive common interests and broad space for cooperation.
With the joint efforts of both sides, China-Japan relations have returned to the right track and maintained a positive momentum in recent years.
China is willing to work with the new Japanese government to properly handle historical and other major sensitive issues in accordance with the principles and spirits of the four political documents of China and Japan, continuously increase political mutual trust, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, expand cultural exchanges, and strive to build a China that meets the requirements of the new era. Japanese relations.
I am willing to work with you to play a strategic leading role to promote the new development of bilateral relations.
Xi Jinping pointed out that continuing to expand common interests and better benefit the two peoples is an essential requirement for the development of Sino-Japanese relations in the new era.
At present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still spreading globally. Fighting the epidemic, stabilizing the economy, and protecting people's livelihood has become a common policy choice for all countries.
China and Japan can support each other and achieve a win-win situation.
China-Japan economic and trade cooperation has grown against the trend under the impact of the epidemic, showing strong resilience and huge potential.
China is stepping up its efforts to form a new development pattern in which domestic and international cycles are the mainstay and the domestic and international dual cycles promote each other.
It is hoped that both parties will jointly maintain a stable and smooth industrial supply chain and a fair and open trade and investment environment, and improve the quality and level of cooperation.
China supports Japan in hosting a successful Olympic Games next year.
Xi Jinping emphasized that China and Japan jointly shoulder the important responsibility of maintaining world peace, stability and development.
The two sides should actively advocate and practice multilateralism based on the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, firmly maintain the international order and international system with the United Nations as the core, strengthen communication, coordination, and cooperation under international multilateral institutions and regional cooperation mechanisms, and work together to deal with various issues. Global challenges have made positive contributions to the prosperity and development of Asia.
Yoshihide Suga said that Japan attaches great importance to China and regards Japan-China relations as one of the most important bilateral relations.
The two countries support each other in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
A stable Japan-China relationship is not only in the interests of the two peoples, but also indispensable to world peace and prosperity.
I hope to maintain close communication with President Xi, committed to strengthening bilateral economic and trade cooperation, deepening cultural exchanges, and pushing Japan-China relations to a new level.
The Japanese side is willing to communicate closely with the Chinese side to ensure the signing of a regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement within this year, accelerate the promotion of Japan-China-Korea free trade zone negotiations, and jointly maintain the stability of the regional industrial chain and supply chain.
The two sides also exchanged views on issues of common concern.