the world situation is now experiencing a period of great
transformation. I thus tried to broaden the horizons of
our policy discussion to the sphere of global issues.
That is to say we exchanged views on the possibility of
Japan and China's contributing to world peace, especially
in the field of arms control and disarmament. In this
regard, I highly appreciate China's timely announcement of
its decision on its unconditional entry into the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty. As for the Japanese proposal to
establish a United Nations reporting system of
international transfer of conventional weapons, which I
called on China to join, the Chinese side, generally
positive to such an approach itself, pointed out several
technical questions to be solved in view of its
feasibility. We thus agreed to continue our study and
consultations on this matter at the working level.
We also exchanged views on a wide range of regional
issues such as the Cambodian problem and the Korean
Peninsula on the basis of recent developments.
In the Mongolian People's Republic, the country to be
visited by a Japanese Prime Minister for the first time, I
announced Japan's intention to strongly support Mongolian
efforts to promote democracy and economic reform. Being
the first head of a Western country to visit Mongolia, I
attached great importance to this Asian nation's success
in its reforms.
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