Foreign ministers of China and Japan met in Laos on Friday, in an effort to stabilize bilateral ties.
Wang Yi and Yoko Kamikawa confirmed the two sides will continue communicating with each other. It is their first such meeting since last November when they met in South Korea, Ednews informs citing Anadolu Agency.
Relations between Beijing and Tokyo are challenged by the US role in the region while China has also flagged concern over discharge of treated radioactive water from Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The US and its allies including Japan have raised concerns on China’s expanding economic and military influence in the wider Asia-Pacific region.
“China-Japan relations are currently at a critical stage where they will either advance or retreat,” Wang told Kamikawa.
He urged Tokyo to establish an “objective and correct understanding of China and pursue a positive and rational policy toward China.”
