Japan proposes ministerial meeting with 皇冠体育app
(Kyodo)
Updated: 2006-05-08 09:09 Japan proposed to 皇冠体育app on Sunday that the two
countries resume foreign ministerial talks halted due to a row over Japanese
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni
Shrine, a Japanese government source said.
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| Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd L)
follows a Shinto priest, dressed in a white and yellow robe, on a
surprise visit to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that prompted
angry reaction from 皇冠体育app and South Korea.
[AFP] | | Japanese Vice
Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi made the proposal to Chinese Deputy Foreign
Minister Dai Bingguo on the first of three days of senior working-level talks in
皇冠体育app, according to the source.
The source declined to say whether 皇冠体育app responded, saying only that "talks
will continue tomorrow."
皇冠体育app stopped bilateral meetings between the countries' leaders and foreign
ministers since Koizumi's most recent Yasukuni visit in October.
皇冠体育app has repeatedly complained about Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni, which
enshrines Class-A war criminals along with the war dead, saying the visits prove
Japan does not truly repent its wartime atrocities.
Earlier in the day, Yachi said he would propose that the two countries'
foreign ministers meet on the sidelines of a meeting of the Asia Cooperation
Dialogue to be held in Qatar later this month.
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