China wants to strengthen its exchanges and cooperation with Japan in various ways and hopes Japan will take steps to properly and prudently deal with troublesome issues that exist between the two countries, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday.
Wen made the remarks during a meeting with former Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda at the 30th Annual Plenary Meeting of the InterAction Council, which was slated in Tianjin from Wednesday to Saturday.
Tokyo's disputes with Beijing over which country holds sovereignty over China's Diaoyu Islands have given rise to frequent disputes between the two countries. Last month, Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara said his city prefecture is negotiating with the "owner" of the islands in the hope of "buying them by the end of this year".
At the council, Wen reiterated the guiding principles outlined in a fourth bilateral political document guiding relations between the two countries, saying "the two countries should treat each other as long-term cooperative partners and support each other's peaceful development".
The document was signed by President Hu Jintao and Fukuda in May 2008.
The majority of Japanese believe that relations between China and Japan are important and that their interests are interdependent, Fukuda said. He said the countries should move their relationship in the right direction and cooperate with each other in a way that provides for their long-term interests.
He also thanked China for giving aid to Japan after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country in March 2011.
Also on Wednesday, Wen called for the formation of closer ties when he met with Goh Chok Tong, Singaporean emeritus senior minister; Jean Chretien, former Canadian prime minister; and Abdullah Badawi, former Malaysian prime minster.
The InterAction Council is an independent international organization that counts more than 30 former heads of states or heads of government as its members. The members meet regularly to come up with recommendations for how the world might overcome some of its political, economic and social troubles.
Perhaps most notably, the organization drafted the 1997 Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities - a document meant as a counterbalance to the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights - as well as the recent Hiroshima Declaration, a plea for the abolishment of nuclear weapons.
The meeting's topics this year will include the global financial crisis, global security and the global water crisis.
The council is having greater influence on the world, Vice-President Xi Jinping said during a meeting with members of the group in Beijing on Wednesday morning.
China has played an important role on the international stage, and the way it deals with various world troubles could be taken as an example by the rest of the world, said former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
In a world going through large changes and adjustments, China will continue to work for global prosperity and stability, Xi said.
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