China – Japan have not made any significant progress in island dispute agreement
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On September 26, after the Working Session 67 of United Nations Council taking place in New York (US), Japanese Secretary of State Koichiro Gemba had an appointment with Chinese Secretary of State Yang Jiechi to discuss the island dispute in East China Sea, which has been intense in the mutual relationship. However, according to diplomats, no significant progress has been made.
In the mean time, Kyodo News of Japan quoted the
statement of Mr. Gemba that the atmosphere of the appointment which was one
hour long was very intense. Mr. Gemba suggested China should stay calm in the
context that the islands dispute has put the mutual relationship between the
two powerful nations of Asia down to the lowest level for recent years.
This was also the highest ranking appointment of
the two parties after Japan nationalized the above islands, which sparked a
wave of anti-Japanese protests in Chinese community as well as was the reason
why Beijing conducted a series of solutions to retaliate.
The appointment of the two Secretaries of State took place after Japanese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Chikao Kawai arrived in Beijing to discuss with his Chinese counterpart Mr. Zhang Zhijun on 25 September, but no progress was made, and both parties only agreed to maintain communication with each other to find out solutions for the current tension.
Source: Vietnam Government Portal