Premier Wen Jiabao Sends Congratulatory Message to Yukio Hatoyama on His Election as Japan's Prime Minister

2009-09-16 13:56

On September 16, 2009, Premier Wen Jiabao sent a congratulatory message to Yukio Hatoyama on his election as Japan's prime minister. "As each other's important neighbor, efforts to deepen the mutual trust and cooperation between China and Japan are in keeping with the fundamental interests of both nations and their peoples," Wen said in his message. Wen expressed hope that Japan and China could work together to push for fresh developments in their Strategic Relations of Mutual Benefit from a new historic threshold.

On September 16, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi also sent a congratulatory message to his newly appointed Japanese counterpart, Katsuya Okada.