Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo met with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso in Tokyo on Thursday afternoon.

 

Dai, who arrived earlier in the day to attend the fourth round of China-Japan strategic talks, expounded China's principled stance on the current Sino-Japanese relationship.

 

He also met with Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki and Senior Vice Foreign Minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki in the day.

 

(Xinhua News Agency February 10, 2006)