China’s Xi: Attach great importance to development of China-Japan relations – state media

Reuters:

BEIJING, Sept 29 – China’s President Xi Jinping said in a phone call with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday he attaches great importance to the development of China-Japan relations, state television CCTV reported.

Xi said he is willing to work with Kishida to build China-Japan relationships, CCTV said, citing a phone call between the two to exchange congratulations to each other on the 50th anniversary of normalisation of diplomatic relations between the two countries.