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1st LD: Chinese FM confirms Li, Abe's "brief" talk in Malaysia

Xinhua, November 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

China on Monday confirmed a "brief" talk between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Kuala Lumpur during the East Asia Summit.

"Premier Li and Prime Minister Abe had a brief conversation on the sidelines of a series of leaders' meetings on East Asian cooperation in Kuala Lumpur," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei in a press release.

Li said the two countries had witnessed improvement of ties recently, adding that the improved momentum is still fragile, according to Hong.

"Whether China-Japan ties continue to improve depends on whether Japan can seriously honor its commitment," Li was quoted as saying.

Li said Japan should do more to contribute to cementing mutual understanding and improving ties in order to enable improvement and growth of ties, according to the spokesperson. Endi