China and Japan will hold a new round of security talks later this month, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday.
Spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing that Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jianchao would visit Japan later this month and talk with diplomats and defense officials. The trip will also take him to South Korea.
"The Chinese and Japanese foreign ministries have maintained contact and interactions," Hua said, adding that in Japan Liu would hold a security dialogue as well as the regular round of consultation between the ministries.
Liu and Japanese diplomats and defense officials will exchange views on bilateral ties, defense policy as well as regional and international issues, according to Hua.
Source:Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
6/3/15
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Spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing that Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jianchao would visit Japan later this month and talk with diplomats and defense officials. The trip will also take him to South Korea.
"The Chinese and Japanese foreign ministries have maintained contact and interactions," Hua said, adding that in Japan Liu would hold a security dialogue as well as the regular round of consultation between the ministries.
Liu and Japanese diplomats and defense officials will exchange views on bilateral ties, defense policy as well as regional and international issues, according to Hua.
- The last security dialogue, the 12th round since 1993, was held in Beijing in January 2011. Talks were stalled following the Japanese government illegally "nationalizing" part of the Diaoyu Islands in 2012.
Source:Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
6/3/15
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The United States welcomed Friday a new round of security talks between China and Japan, describing good relations between them "incredibly important thing " for the region...
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7/3/15