Chinese President to visit Japan soon: FM
12/3/2008 17:36
Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit Japan in the near future, and
diplomats of the two countries are discussing details of the itinerary, Foreign
Minister Yang Jiechi said in Beijing today.
"There is no such an issue as
postponement of President Hu's visit," said Yang at a press conference on the
sidelines of the annual parliamentary session.
He made the remarks when
answering questions from a Japanese journalist on whether President Hu's state
visit to Japan, scheduled for this spring when "cherries are in full bloom,"
would be postponed to some time after May.
"Spring is a beautiful season in
Japan. Both Chinese and Japanese peoples expect President Hu's visit in spring,"
Yang said, adding that the two sides are engaged in active discussion about the
specific date.
"This visit will be a historic one, which will boost relations
between the two countries." said the foreign minister.
Speculations arise
over President Hu's visit to Japan lately due to dispute on contaminated
dumplings.
In January, Japanese media reported 10 people fell ill in the
country after consuming frozen meat dumplings produced by a food plant based in
north China's Hebei Province.
Japanese police found methamidophos in the
vomit of those poisoned and in food packages at their houses.
But sample
tests show the rest of dumplings in the same batch and other batches made at
about the same time by the Chinese company were safe. So were the raw materials
used in production.
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