国内英语资讯:Chinese premiers upcoming Japan trip to boost bilateral ties, regional cooperation: ambass_时事

国内英语资讯:Chinese premiers upcoming Japan trip to boost bilateral ties, regional cooperation: ambass

TOKYO, May 6 -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming trip to Japan is of great significance to bilateral relations as well as regional cooperation and prosperity, Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua said in a recent article.

During his stay in the neighboring country, Li will pay an official visit to Japan, the first by a Chinese premier in eight years, and attend the seventh China-Japan-South Korea leaders' meeting, a trilateral mechanism that is being resumed after two and a half years.

The trip, said the ambassador, is expected to further consolidate the warming-up trend in China-Japan ties and enhance China-Japan-South Korea cooperation.

The China-Japan relationship went through twists and turns in the opening years of this decade, which seriously damaged the political mutual trust and practical interests of the two countries, Cheng recalled.

In November 2017, the two sides reached a four-point agreement that reaffirmed the principles for them to properly handle historical, territorial and other issues, and bilateral ties began to improve, noted the ambassador.

The momentum, Cheng pointed out, has further increased since Chinese President Xi Jinping met in May 2017 in Beijing with Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, who led the Japanese delegation to the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

Noting that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship, Cheng said the two neighbors are highly complementary in economy and closely connected in culture.