Kishida, Xi Reaffirm “Mutually Beneficial Relationship”

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco.

After the meeting Kishida told reporters that the two leaders reaffirmed “the promotion of a mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interests.”

Kishida and Xi held talks for the first time in about a year, last meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Bangkok in November last year.