⁍ Wang Yi may visit Japan as early as October for talks with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

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⁍ The visit would come after Suga on Friday held talks on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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⁍ The two leaders agreed to pursue high-level contacts in a bid to promote regional and international stability.

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– China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi may visit Japan as early as October for talks with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Reuters reports. The visit would come after Suga on Friday held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The two leaders agreed to pursue high-level contacts in a bid to promote regional and international stability. Japan is also in a dispute with Beijing over ownership of islands in the East China Sea and has expressed concern about an uptick in Chinese military activity the region.