Chinese, Japanese Leaders Meet on Bilateral, International Issues

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Chinese, Japanese Leaders Meet on Bilateral, International Issues

Chinese President Jiang Zemin met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Sunday to exchange views on bilateral ties and major international issues of common concern.

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Chinese President Jiang Zemin met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Sunday to exchange views on bilateral ties and major international issues of common concern.

Jiang and Koizumi met on the sidelines of the 10th annual Economic Leaders' Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, which ended at this seaside resort in northern Mexico with the adoption of an Economic Leaders' Declaration on economic growth and two Counter-Terrorism Statements.

During the meeting, Jiang recalled that this year is the 30th anniversary of normalization of Sino-Japanese relations. The Chinese and Japanese peoples enjoy a long history of friendly exchanges, but there was a miserable part of history of aggression against China by Japanese militarists, which inflicted great sufferings on the Chinese people, Jiang said.

How to understand historical issues between the two countries concerns the feelings of the 1.3 billion Chinese people. China hopes that Japan could properly handle relevant issues in order that Sino-Japanese relations would remain friendly from generation to generation, the Chinese president added.

"Therefore, we have proposed the policy of 'Taking history as a mirror and eyeing the future,'" Jiang said.

Koizumi said that on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of normalization of Japan-China relations, there were grand celebrations in both countries, indicating that there exists a firm basis for bilateral relations.

All walks of life in Japan hope to further strengthen relations with China, he said.

As for the war (of aggression against China), Koizumi said that the Japanese side will make a thorough introspection of it and holds that such a war should never recur.

The two sides also exchanged views on other issues of common concern.

Under the theme of "Expanding the Benefits of Cooperation for Growth and Economic Development -- Implementing the Vision," the two-day 2002 APEC Economic Leaders Meeting was held here to discuss counter-terrorism issues, growth policies for the new economy; ways to benefit from development, particularly for small, medium and micro enterprises; and ways to promote greater participation in APEC by women and young people.

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