The agreement shows that China has an irreplaceable diplomatic role in the Northeast Asian region.

Depending on the way Japan handles issues involving Northeast Asian countries, Japan's diplomatic role in the region could drastically weaken. In that context, the focus will be placed on how China will deal with Foreign Minister Tanaka.

From past experience, we don't expect it will be very smooth in implementing the agreement in the future.

China is a rising power, so we can hardly curb all tensions with the United States.

China hopes for an early resumption of diplomatic efforts to solve the issue concerning the weapons inspection in Iraq by political means.

This has played an irreplaceable important role in promoting the steady development of relations between China and other countries.