Abe plans to visit China in October when he is re-elected in the PLD leadership race

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to visit China, most likely in October, to talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping about efforts to improve bilateral relations.

Tokyo sent diplomatically to Beijing In the leadership race of the Liberal Democratic Party in September, he hopes to make the trip as soon as possible, according to Japanese government sources.

The last official visit of a Japanese Prime Minister to China excludes participation in an international conference. , was in December 2011 by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

China has already polled Japan and South Korea on holding a trilateral summit in December in Beijing, and said it would receive Abe for an official visit to China at the time of the He expressed his desire to visit China by the end of the year when he met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Tokyo on sideli. from a trilateral summit with South Korea.