📋 Tender Overview
Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigeo Yamada chaired the 2023th China-Japan Security Dialogue in Tokyo on February 2 22. Zhang Baoqun deputy director of the Office of International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission and Atsushi Ando deputy director of the Defense Policy Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Defense attended the dialogue.The two sides introduced their respective diplomatic and security concepts and defense policies and had an in-depth exchange of views on a wide range of topics of common concern. The two sides agreed that China and Japan as close neighbors and important countries in the international region should strengthen dialogue and communication properly manage and handle contradictions and differences work together to enhance mutual trust promote cooperation implement the important consensus of the leaders of the two countries on building constructive and stable China-Japan relations that meet the requirements of the new era and make greater contributions to regional and world peace stability development and prosperity. The two sides agreed to maintain close contact under the framework of the maritime and air liaison mechanism between the two defense ministries and to open direct telephone calls as soon as possible.The Chinese side comprehensively and deeply explained its policy propositions such as the Global Security Initiative expressed its solemn position and serious concern on Japans promotion of military expansion by strengthening its armed forces exaggerating the China threat in its defense and security policy documents strengthening military and security ties with foreign forces in its surrounding areas and constantly showing negative trends on issues concerning Chinas core and major interests such as Taiwan and the South China Sea and demanded that the Japanese side correct its mistakes correct its understanding and fulfill its commitments to adhere to the path of peaceful development and abide by the one-China principle with concrete actions. We are committed to building constructive security relations with China.The two sides believe that the dialogue has enhanced mutual understanding and is of positive significance.
