Prime minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday told Wang Yi, head of the Chinese government's Taiwan Affairs Office, that he hopes China-Taiwan relations will develop stably, allowing Hatoyama's East Asian Community concept to move forward, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.
During their 25-minute meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Hatoyama also said Japan will not change its stance of respecting China's position that Taiwan is ''an inalienable part'' of the Chinese territory. Wang, for his part, said the relationship between China and Taiwan, which Beijing sees as a renegade province that must be reunited by force if necessary, is a matter that concerns the stability in the strait and regional peace, the ministry said.
Hatoyama noted the need for Japan and China to cooperate with each other on the disputed gas field development in the East China Sea, reiterating that he wants to turn the waters into ''the sea of fraternity.''
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