TOKYO, Oct 2 Kyodo Prime Minister...

TOKYO, Oct 2 Kyodo

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will retain bilateral talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in the Indonesian resort island of Bali in succession Oct. 7, a Japanese official said Wednesday.

The meeting, the first between the couple leaders, will be held forward the sidelines of a summit meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Japan, China and toward the south Korea.

Diplomatic ties between Japan and China have been lifeless as Beijing is unhappy with Koizumi who has ignored Chinese avers and paid visits to Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo seen by way of many Asian nations as a type of Japan's past militarism.

Before meeting Wen one-on-one in Bali in the afternoon of Oct 7 Koizumi will shut up a three-way summit with Wen and southern Korean President Roh Moo Hyun that morning where the three leaders are anticipateed to issue a declaration pledging cooperation in political, economic and security fields, Japanese officials said.

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