Coordinating Japan-China Foreign Ministers Meeting... Japanese Foreign Minister May Visit China as Early as Next Month

Yonhap News

Talks between the foreign ministers of China and Japan are reported to be in coordination.

According to Yonhap News and foreign media on the 23rd, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is reportedly considering visiting China as early as the end of December to hold talks with Wang Yi, Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office of the Chinese Communist Party and Foreign Minister, and also meet with Premier Li Chang.

If an agreement is reached, it will be the first visit by a Japanese foreign minister to China since April 2023. The humanities dialogue was first held in Tokyo in 2019, and if held this time, it will be the second. This time, discussions are expected to focus on youth exchanges and cooperation in the fields of culture and education.

Earlier, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held a bilateral summit on the 15th (local time) on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in Peru, reaffirming their commitment to promoting a strategic and mutually beneficial relationship between the two countries.

At that time, the two leaders reportedly also discussed the early holding of reciprocal visits by foreign ministers, humanities dialogue, and ministerial-level economic dialogue.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Iwaya is scheduled to depart on the 24th to attend the Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers' meeting held in Italy and return on the 27th.