Beijing has no plan to hold a summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the near future, the China Daily reported Tuesday, citing a Chinese government official who dismissed recent remarks by a close Abe adviser on a possible summit as "fabricated."
"What (Isao) Iijima told reporters on Sunday is not true and is fabricated, based on the needs of Japan's domestic politics," the unnamed official was quoted as saying by the official English-language newspaper in a front-page article.
On Sunday, Iijima said he believes Abe and Xi could hold a summit "in the not-so-distant future," after having discussed that possibility with people close to the Chinese president during his four-day visit in Beijing through July 16.