TOKYO: Japan called for summit talks between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a regional meeting in Beijing later this year, as diplomatic tensions sour relations between the neighbours.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Abe’s right-hand man and the Japanese government’s top spokesman, said it was “natural” for the two leaders to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum, slated for November.
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