China wants to bring relations with Japan back onto a "normal track," President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday.
At the outset of their first face-to-face meeting in over a year, Xi said that "long-term, healthy and stable" bilateral relations would benefit not only the people of the two countries but also regional peace.
Abe said Japan wants to work with China to contribute to global economic growth and forge "friendly" ties by "managing difficult issues" and "promoting win-win cooperation."