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Spokesperson's Remarks on the Sino-Japanese leaders' meeting in Bali, Indonesia


2003/10/11


Q: What is your comment on the Sino-Japanese leaders' meeting in Bali, Indonesia? Did the meeting touch on the issue of the exchange of leaders' visits?

A: When meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Koizoimi Junichiro in Bali, Indonesia, Premier Wen has solemnly made it clear that it is a must to adhere to the principle of "taking history as a mirror and orienting towards the future" and abide by the principles of the three major documents including the China-Japan Joint Declaration. Premier Wen has made it clear that Japan should adopt a correct attitude toward history, and the urgent matter at present on the part of Japan is to properly handle the incident resulting from Japan's abandoned chemical weapons that harmed the Chinse people in the Chinese city of Qiqihar. At the same time, Japan should quicken its pace in destroying chemical weapons it abandoned in China. The two leaders' meeting did not touch on the issue of the exchange of leaders' visits.


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