Top Chinese diplomat meets Japanese guests in Beijing

BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with a delegation led by Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of Japan's ruling coalition party Komeito, in Beijing on Thursday.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said that leaders of China and Japan met recently and conducted in-depth communication on strategic and directional issues in China-Japan relations.

Noting that the two sides should implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries and bring China-Japan relations back to the track of sound development, Wang expressed his hope that the Komeito Party will continue to make efforts for China-Japan friendship and cooperation.

Yamaguchi said that the Komeito Party has long been committed to improving Japan-China friendship and is willing to continue to make due efforts to enhance mutual understanding between the two peoples and promote the development of Japan-China relations under the guidance of the principles set out in the Japan-China Treaty of Peace and Friendship.