Beijing wants to establish a relationship with Japan based on "cooperation, not confrontation", China's foreign minister told his Japanese counterpart Saturday.
Various territorial and historical disputes have soured bilateral relations in the past, but they have thawed more recently.
Fumio Kishida was on a three-day visit to China -- the first by a Japanese foreign minister in four and a half years.
"We certainly wish to develop healthy, stable and friendly relations with Japan," said China's foreign minister Wang Yi at a meeting with Kishida.
But he added: "This relationship must be built on the basis of an honest view of history, respect for promises, and cooperation, not on confrontation."
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