China, Japan should make differences controllable: Chinese FM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Wednesday that China and Japan should work together to make their differences controllable to develop bilateral ties.

Wang made the remarks when meeting with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida after the eighth trilateral foreign ministers' meeting between China, Japan and South Korea.

Trilateral cooperation cannot develop smoothly without good bilateral relations, said Wang.

At present, the Sino-Japanese relations are still facing difficulties and are at an important juncture, with both opportunities and challenges, he said.

China is willing to make joint efforts with Japan to abide by the principles defined in the four political documents agreed between the two countries to consolidate the political basis for bilateral relations, Wang said.

China is ready to work with Japan to implement the four-point principled agreement reached between the two sides, and make differences between China and Japan controllable, he said.

China is also willing to carry out exchange and communication with Japan in various areas to maintain the momentum of improving bilateral ties, he added.

China stands ready to carry out mutual support and coordination with Japan at multilateral forums including the 2016 Group of 20 (G20) summit to be held in east China's Hangzhou in early September, so as to expand mutual benefits, he said.

On such basis, the two sides are set to embrace the 45th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan diplomatic ties in 2017, and the 40th anniversary of the signing of China-Japan Peace and Friendship Treaty in 2018.

Welcoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to attend the upcoming G20 summit in China, Wang said that Japan is an important member of G20.

The success of the G20 summit is in line with the benefits of all sides including China and Japan, the Chinese foreign minister said.

For his part, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said the G20 summit is an important meeting and expressed his country's willingness to cooperate with China to ensure the success of the summit.

Kishida said with the cooperation from China, the trilateral meeting concluded with fruitful results.

On the current bilateral relations, Kishida said it is necessary to make differences controllable and push forward cooperation between the two countries.

The Japanese foreign minister said that his country is willing to implement the four-point principled agreement, boost the cooperation with China in the fields such as finance, energy saving, environment protection, tourism, disaster prevention, promote the exchange of youth, cooperate in fighting terrorism, control differences, expand the positive sides in bilateral relations, put the bilateral ties back on right track and explore to build the Sino-Japanese relations with characters that fit the new era. Endit