Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with Akihiro
Ota, head of Japan's junior ruling coalition party the New Komeito
in Beijing on Sunday, vowing to deepen exchanges and cooperation
for better Sino-Japanese ties.
Exchanges between political parties play an important role in
Sino-Japanese ties, Wang said, hailing contribution made by the New
Komeito for pushing forward the Sino-Japanese ties.
The CPC would like to make joint efforts with the New Komeito to
deepen friendly cooperation in various fields, to foster mutual
understanding and friendship between the two people, as well as to
make further contribution to a sound, stable development of the
bilateral ties in a new era, Wang said.
Ota said that the New Komeito would further deepen exchanges
with the CPC to seek ways for the development of bilateral ties and
the strategic relationship between the two nations.
(Xinhua News Agency January 8, 2007)
