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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga held the first telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the evening of the 25th. Focusing on the development of Japan-China relations, the two sides have agreed on close cooperation. in bilateral and international affairs, including high-level leaders among leaders. Yoshihide Suga stated that “the stability of Japan-China relations is extremely important to the region and the international community, and I look forward to sharing our responsibility.” The meeting did not mention Xi Jinping’s visit to Japan as a state guest. Yoshihide Suga revealed the above to the media after the meeting.
According to Kyodo News today, Yoshihide Suga and Xi Jinping spoke on the phone and are willing to be jointly responsible for the stability of Japan-China relations. This is the first telephone consultation between Japanese and Chinese leaders since May 2018. The confrontation between the Trump administration and China has escalated, and China may also deliberately show its friendly relations with Japan.
A person from the Japanese government stated that the telephone meeting was proposed by Japan and China agreed to hold it. Xi Jinping congratulated Suga Yoshihide on his appointment as prime minister. According to the analysis, Xi Jinping expressed his willingness to build a good relationship between Japan and China. Yoshihide Suga also mentioned the importance of relations between the two countries.
Regarding Xi Jinping’s visit to Japan as a guest of state, in view of the situation in which an official Chinese ship sailed towards Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands (known as the Diaoyu Islands in China), the groups Conservatives of the Liberal Democratic Party as the main opposition group were enraged. Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told the press conference that he is now focusing on quelling the new crown epidemic and expressed a cautious attitude that “it is not a stage to coordinate specific programs.”
According to the report, during the phone conversation, the two sides may have confirmed that they will continue to negotiate to relax the entry and exit of business-related people with respect to the current border port countermeasures in response to the new corona epidemic.
Regarding China, US President Trump is targeting the November elections and presented a tough policy toward China in his second-term electoral promise. European countries are also strongly opposed to the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Act (National Security Act).
According to the Central News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with the newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga tonight. During the interview, Yoshihide Suga revealed that he did not mention Xi Jinping’s visit to Japan during the call. Furthermore, Japanese media reported that Yoshihide Suga was still concerned about the situation in Hong Kong, Diaoyutai, and the East China Sea during the call.
Kyodo News reported that Yoshihide Suga revealed to the press team after the phone call that Xi Jinping’s visit to Japan as a state guest was not mentioned in the phone conversation. He also emphasized in the phone call that “the stability of Japan-China relations is extremely important not only to the two countries, but also to the region and the international community, and he hopes to share the responsibility.”
The Central News Agency also quoted a Japanese government source as saying that Yoshihide Suga also brought up issues such as Hong Kong, Diaoyutai and the situation in the East China Sea to Xi Jinping during the phone call and expressed concern.
According to the report, the two sides reached an agreement on close cooperation on bilateral and international affairs, including high-level leaders among the leaders, and continued consultations on resuming business contacts as soon as possible.
According to the report, this telephone meeting was proposed by the Japanese side and China agreed to hold it – this is the first telephone meeting between the leaders of the two parties since May 2018.
Chinese official media noted that Xi Jinping emphasized in the phone call that China is willing to work with the new Japanese government to properly handle important and sensitive issues such as history in accordance with the principles and spirit of the “Four Political Documents” between China and Japan continuously increase political mutual trust and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation. Expand people-to-people exchanges and strive to build China-Japan relations that meet the requirements of the new era. Xi Jinping also stated that China is stepping up its efforts to form a new pattern of development with “the great national cycles as the main body and the dual national and international cycles promoting each other.” He expects both parties to jointly maintain a stable and fluid industrial chain, fair and open supply chain and trade and investment environment. Improve the quality and level of cooperation.
According to official reports, Xi Jinping also stressed that the two sides should firmly uphold 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 working together to respond to various global challenges for the prosperity and development of Asia. Make a positive contribution.
According to CCTV News and quoted by Yoshihide Suga, Japan is willing to communicate closely with China to ensure the signing of the “Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement” (RCEP) within this year, and accelerate the promotion of the Free Trade Area negotiations. Japan-China-Korea. The Japanese government said last year that it intended to invite Xi Jinping to visit Japan as a state guest. He originally expected Xi Jinping to visit Japan this spring, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The Japanese government currently maintains its position that it has not entered the coordination stage.
