China has cancelled a planned visit by Japan’s foreign minister amid the “serious situation” in bilateral ties, Beijing said Tuesday following Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s latest visit to a controversial war shrine.
“Because China-Japan relations are in a serious situation, we are not in a position to receive this visit,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan told reporters about the cancellation of the visit by Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura.
China cancels Japan FM visit, cites “serious situation”
Posted by Xiao Qiang | Oct 18, 2005
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