TOKYO: Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a time of warming ties between the two nations.
The two leaders met on the sidelines of the forthcoming G20 summit in Japan.
World leaders from 19 countries – and the European Union – are meeting in Osaka, Japan, from Friday.
According to a Japanese official, the pair agreed to work together to promote “free and fair trade” following a “very frank exchange”.
Relations have historically been sourced, but concerns over US trade policy and North Korea’s nuclear program have shifted them closer.
“I want to open up a new age of Japan-China relations hand in hand with President Xi,” Mr Abe told reporters.
The G20 is an annual meeting of leaders from the countries with the largest and fastest-growing economies. Its members account for 85% of the world’s GDP, and two-thirds of its population.
(Agencies)
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