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Japan's door for dialogue with China "always open": Kishida
Still, Kishida told a press conference that there are no plans for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, after China's firing of ballistic missiles last week into Japan's exclusive economic zone.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo as an extraordinary Diet session was closed on December 21, 2021. (AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
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apanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday the door is "always open" for dialogue with China, stressing the need to have "constructive and stable" bilateral relations despite persisting difficulties.
Still, Kishida told a press conference that there are no plans for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, after China's firing of ballistic missiles last week into Japan's exclusive economic zone.
The launch was part of Chinese military drills in response to a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing considers part of its territory.
Meanwhile, China said on Wednesday it hopes Kishida's new Cabinet will work toward "sound and steady" bilateral ties after their recent deterioration over tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
"China attaches importance to China-Japan relations and we hope the new Cabinet can work together with China and promote bilateral relations to develop along the track of sound and steady development," Foreign Minister spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a press conference in Beijing.
Although the two countries will mark next month the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties, there is no celebratory mood as Beijing protested Tokyo's criticism of its response to US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan last week.
During large-scale Chinese military drills conducted in areas encircling Taiwan following Pelosi's trip, five ballistic missiles fell into Japan's exclusive economic zone, triggering a protest from Kishida.
