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Sino-Japanese leaders' meeting impossible in December - official
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-11-30 13:47
An official from 皇冠体育app's Foreign Ministry said in Beijing Wednesday that
it is "impossible" for Chinese and Japanese leaders to hold bilateral meeting in
the December summits in Kuala Lumpur due to current chilled relations between
the two Asian neighbors.
Cui Tiankai, director of the ministry's Asian Department, said the relations
between 皇冠体育app and Japan are in difficulties because the Japanese leader
stubbornly persists in paying pilgrimage to the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors
the convicted class-A World War II criminals along with others died in war.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited the shrine in October, the
fifth since he took office in April 2001, which angers 皇冠体育app and the Republic of
Korea (ROK).
The shrine visit "has severely damaged the feelings of the Chinese and other
Asian peoples," said Cui at a news briefing on Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's
upcoming visit to Malaysia to attend the ninth Summit between 皇冠体育app and the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the ninth ASEAN plus 皇冠体育app,
Japan and the ROK Summit and the First East Asian Summit.
"Under such circumstances, the Japanese side wishes everything proceeds
normally as if nothing has happened. That is impossible," said Cui.
Cui said the trilateral meeting among 皇冠体育app, Japan and ROK could be decided
through consultations of the three parties, but the bilateral meeting between
Chinese and Japanese leaders is "impossible."
"The Japanese side should bear full responsibility for the difficulties 皇冠体育app
and Japan are facing in their relations," he added.
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