Hu returns home after successful Japan visit
11/5/2008 10:48
Chinese President Hu Jintao yesterday concluded a five-day historic state
visit to Japan, known as a "warm-spring" tour, and left Osaka to return
home.
During the visit, President Hu met with Japan's Emperor Akihito and
held talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on China-Japan relations and other
issues of common concern.
After their talks, Hu and Fukuda signed a joint
statement on all-round promotion of strategic and mutually beneficial relations
between China and Japan.
The two sides agreed that the Sino-Japanese
relationship is one of the most important bilateral ties for both countries, and
China and Japan have great influence and shoulder solemn responsibilities for
peace, stability and development in the Asia-Pacific region and the world at
large.
The joint statement formulates the guiding principles for
long-term development of bilateral relations and maps out the future for
China-Japan relations.
Hu also had broad contacts with leaders of Japan's
parliament and political parties and people from all walks of life in Japan. He
delivered an important speech at Waseda University Thursday.
During his
visit, Hu also traveled to Osaka and other places in the Kansai area, which
includes the prefectures of Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Shiga and Nara. The
city of Nara is a renowned ancient capital of Japan.
The CHINESE
president arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday for the state visit to Japan, which was
aimed at boosting strategic and mutually beneficial relations between the two
Asian nations.
Xinhua
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