Sources told Japanese news agency Kyodo on Sunday that plans were under way for the inaugural summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who assumed office early last month.
The inaugural summit would represent a crucial opportunity to advance their strategic and mutually beneficial relations and improve communication on issues of common interest.
An earlier Kyodo report said the meeting would “mostly likely” take place in Peru, citing a source with knowledge of the matter.
Ishiba is expected to advocate for the swift resumption of Japanese seafood exports to China, following an agreement in September to progressively remove the ban, and will seek to advance ministerial-level economic dialogue between the two countries, according to the report.
The diplomatic groundwork for the high-level engagement this month follows a series of preparatory discussions, including a telephone conversation between Wang and Akiba on October 21.
