Visiting Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai met with his Japanese counterpart Toshihiro Nikai on Saturday in Kyoto and discussed (36)________ties, trade, energy-saving cooperation and other issues, diplomatic (37)________said late Sunday.
"Cold bilateral ties have (38)________on the political front. This has (39)________ economic and trade relations," Bo was quoted as saying at the meeting.
He noted that the difficulty in bilateral relations (40)________not because of the Chinese side or the Japanese people, but because of the Japanese leader’’s (41)________on visiting the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, where top war (42)________are honored.
Bo expressed his hope that Japan would have a right view on history and create conditions for (43)________ trade cooperation in the future. (44)________________
Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Nikai expressed willingness to mend fences between the two countries by promoting economic cooperation. (45)________________
During the meeting, the two ministers also agreed to start working-level talks to map out a mid- and long-term vision for economic, trade and industrial cooperation between the two
countries. (46)________________. He invited Japanese enterprises to attend an investment and trade fair in Hunan Province in September.