BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- China’s Foreign Ministry has urged Japan to properly handle tricky issues between the two countries. The call came one day after the Liberal Democratic Party scored a landslide victory over the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in Sunday’s House of Representatives election. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comments at a regular news briefing on Monday.

Hua Chunying, spokeswoman of Chinese Foreign Ministry, said, "We have noted the results of Japan’s House of Representatives election. The Chinese side attaches importance to the direction of Japan’s China policy. China hope Japan will deeply understand and appropriately address difficulties and issues between the two nations, and advance bilateral ties in a healthy and stable way in line with the principles and spirit established in the four China-Japan political documents."

Hua added that a cooperative relationship between China and Japan serves not only the interests of the two nations, but also the peace and development of Asia. Hua said the two sides reached consensus on building a strategic and mutually beneficial relationship in 2006. She said China hopes Japan will continue to follow the path of peaceful development and play a constructive role in regional peace, stability and development.

(Source: CNTV.cn)