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BEIJING, Oct. 26 -- A senior Chinese official Friday called for greater efforts
from both sides to push forward consultations between China and Japan over the
East China Sea issue.
"We hope both sides would proceed from the general prospect of maintaining
stability of bilateral relations, continue to work in an active and pragmatic
manner, seek common ground while reserving differences, stride toward each other
and exert greater efforts to achieve substantial progress in relevant
consultations as soon as possible," State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan said.
Tang made the remarks when meeting with former Secretary General of Japan's
ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Hidenao Nakagawa in Beijing on Friday
morning.
China and Japan have conducted 10 rounds of East China Sea talks over joint
exploration.
The last round of talks were held in Beijing early this month, with the two
sides agreeing to hold the next round of talks in Beijing in early November.
During the meeting with Nakagawa, Tang stressed that China is sincere and
determined in its efforts to realize joint development of the East China Sea.
He said at present, China-Japan relations maintain a good momentum in general
and face important opportunities for further improvement and growth.
Tang said China is willing to make joint efforts with Fukuda's administration of
Japan and people from all sections of Japanese society to seize opportunities to
further advance bilateral relations.
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