Tokyo, Apr 15 (UNI) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has begun a visit to Japan -- described as a major step forward in improving frosty relations, as Tokyo tries to stay involved in a flurry of international diplomacy over North Korea, a report in the South China Morning Post said on Sunday.
Wang met his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono for talks that were expected to touch on economic relations, territorial disputes in the East China Sea and ways to push Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.
“I would like to regard [Wang’s visit] as a major step forward in our efforts towards improving Japan-China relations,” Kono told Wang at the start of their meeting at the Iikura Guest House.