CHINA JAPAN TIES

HONOUR ITS COMMITMENT

BEIJING :  CHINA Tuesday called on Japan to honour its commitment to improving relations with China and translate its positive remarks into concrete policies and actions.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the comment after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stressed Japan's willingness to promote the relationship with China.

In addition to Abe's remarks in his policy speech at the opening of this year's ordinary Diet session on Monday, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Japan will use this year's 40th anniversary of the-

Signing of a bilateral peace and friendship treaty as an opportunity to promote exchanges between the two peoples and strengthen bilateral economic ties.

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