Yu Zhengsheng (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), meets with a Japanese congressmen delegation led by Fukushiro Nukaga, head of the Heisei Kenkyukai, a faction under the co-ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in Beijing, capital of China, May 8, 2015.(Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
China's top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng urged Japan to handle historical issues with a clear and responsible attitude in a meeting with a delegation of Japanese congressmen in Beijing on Friday.
The delegation is led by Fukushiro Nukaga, head of the Heisei Kenkyukai, a faction under the co-ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
The Japanese side should seriously take care of the concern of its Asian neighbors, learn a lesson from the history, handle the historical issues with a clear and responsible attitude and continue to abide by a path of peaceful development, said Yu, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
He said China has always been ready to develop a long-term, sound and stable relationship with Japan, an important neighbor, in the spirit of taking history as a mirror and facing up to the future, as well as the four political documents.
The four political documents refer to the China-Japan Joint Statement inked in 1972, the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1978, the China-Japan Joint Declaration of 1998 and a joint statement on advancing strategic and mutually beneficial relations that was signed in 2008.
The two countries should, on the basis of the four-point principled agreement already reached, strengthen political mutual trust, increase personnel exchanges and promote a continuous improvement of bilateral ties, Yu noted.
He spoke highly of the contribution made by the Heisei Kenkyukai for the bilateral friendship and called on it to continue to play a positive role.
Nukaga said he attached high importance to China's stance and will make unremitting efforts for the development of the bilateral ties on the basis of relevant political documents and consensus.
