JAPAN/CHINA: Japan and China push for deeper ties with the United States following U.S President Barack Obama's second presidential election victory.

Record ID: 466760

  • Title: JAPAN/CHINA: Japan and China push for deeper ties with the United States following U.S President Barack Obama's second presidential election victory.
  • Date: 7th November 2012
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (NOVEMBER 7, 2012) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG FLYING CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN HONG LEI WALKING IN FOR REGULAR NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN HONG LEI SAYING: "China is willing to work together with the United States, look to the future and continue to push forward the Sino-U.S. cooperative partnership to better serve people of the two countries and people all over the world." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 22nd November 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Japan, China
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  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAD5EY3916HQRCRDII54H23D4X1
  • Story Text: Asia's two largest economies pushed for deeper ties with the United States on Wednesday (November 7), as Barack Obama claimed his second presidential race victory.
    "We offer President Obama heartfelt congratulations on his re-election. The policies of the Obama administration emphasize the key importance of the Asia-Pacific region, and Japan welcomes this," Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura told journalists in Tokyo.
    "As the security environment in East Asia is getting steadily worse, the importance of the Japan-U.S. alliance is increasing. We hope that under President Obama this alliance will continue to develop," Fujimura added.
    Relations between Japan and China continue to fray over a territorial dispute in the East China Sea.
    Both nations claim ownership over a handful of islets, known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japanese.
    On Wednesday China was quick to add its own vote of confidence in the re-elected U.S. leader.
    "China is willing to work together with the United States, look to the future and continue to push forward the Sino-U.S. cooperative partnership to better serve people of the two countries and people all over the world," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a regular news conference in Beijing, adding Chinese leaders have sent congratulation messages to Obama.
    China and the United States have been divided over how to end the bloodshed in Syria and defuse tension in the South China Sea and other global trouble spots, but both have stressed hope for steady ties as they navigate political transitions at home.
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