Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to
Yasuo Fukuda over his election as prime minister of Japan.
In the message, Premier Wen said that as China and Japan are
close neighbors separated only by a mere strip of water, the
peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation between
the two countries, their common development and their friendship
for generations is not only in the fundamental interests of the two
countries and the two peoples, but also conducive to the peace,
stability and prosperity of the region.
The Chinese government will, as always, stick to the policy of
friendly relations with Japan, and is willing to work with the
Japanese side to forge China-Japan strategically reciprocal
relations and promote the sound, stable and long-term development
of bilateral relations, said Wen.
Also on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi sent his
congratulations to Masahiko Komura, Japan's new foreign
minister.
(Xinhua News Agency September 26, 2007)
