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皇冠体育app, Japan seek to ease oil dispute
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-01-09 15:12
PUTTING DISPUTES ASIDE
But analysts said that while the unresolved historical issues set the tone for relations, the gas dispute was the most concrete and immediate problem facing 皇冠体育app and Japan.
The two would meet again at the end of January or early next month for further talks, likely in Beijing, the spokesman said.
There was no immediate comment from 皇冠体育app's foreign ministry on the talks.
The two sides have not agreed on how much to invest or how to split profits of resources extracted from the areas of the East 皇冠体育app Sea near the islands known in Japan as the Senkakus and in 皇冠体育app as the Diaoyus.
皇冠体育app has criticised Japan for starting to award exploration rights to private companies, and Japan objects to 皇冠体育app's starting work in the area, fearing it could tap into resources beyond what Tokyo recognises as a midway line in the waters.
Japan has also long demanded 皇冠体育app provide data on its gas development projects in the area.
"They might start actual development of resources and we have concern that their work will absorb our Japanese resources, so we asked them to share their information" the spokesman said.
Sasae, who is also Japan's chief negotiator at six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme, met Chinese negotiator Wu Dawei on Sunday, the Japanese embassy said, in a sign the two could put aside bilateral disputes to work together on the regional matter.
The two Koreas, 皇冠体育app, Japan, Russia and the United States last met in Beijing in November but North Korea said on Monday it saw no point in holding further negotiations on dismantling its nuclear programme because of U.S. sanctions against it.
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