Japan urged to properly handle Qiqihar issue
( 2003-10-12 08:25) (Xinhua)
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue Saturday quoted Premier Wen
Jiabao as saying that to develop China-Japan relations, it is a must to adhere
to the view of "taking history as a mirror and looking forward to the future"
and abide by the principles of the three major documents including the
China-Japan Joint Declaration.
When asked to comment on Wen's meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi
Junichiro in Bali, Indonesia, Zhang said that Premier Wen had made it clear that
Japan should adopt a correct attitude toward history, and the urgent matter at
present on the part of Japan is to properly handle the incident resulting from
Japan's abandoned chemical weapons that harmed Chinese people in the Chinese
city of Qiqihar.
At the same time, Japan should quicken its pace in destroying chemical
weapons it abandoned in China during World War II, Wen was quoted as saying.
Zhang said the two leaders' meeting did not touch on the issue of their
mutual visits.
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