Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday told Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that there would be no true improvement in bilateral relations without stability in the East China Sea, Reuters reports.

The two leaders held a bilateral meeting in the Chinese city of Chengdu, on the sidelines of a three-way summit with South Korea.

Abe also urged Li to swiftly remove import restrictions on Japanese food products, the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo said in a summary of the meeting.

On Tuesday, Abe asked South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in to take steps to resolve a bitter dispute at their first bilateral talks in 15 months.

Source: RT