当地时间8月4日，日本名古屋市市长广泽一郎在记者会上表示，希望与结为友好城市的中国南京市恢复交流。

Japan's Nagoya mayor Ichiro Hirosawa expressed hope on Monday to resume exchanges with Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, after official ties were suspended in 2012 following China's protest against then-mayor Takashi Kawamura's denial of the Nanjing Massacre, Kyodo News reported.



2012年，时任市长河村隆之发表了否认南京大屠杀的言论，中方提出抗议。两市的官方交流暂停至今。

广泽在记者会上表示，“希望尽快恢复交流，将认真推进。”

据名古屋市方面透露，跨党派组织“日中友好城市间交流促进名古屋市会议员联盟”正在推进该计划。

At the press conference, Hirosawa said, "I hope to resume exchanges at the earliest opportunity and will make a sincere effort to achieve that goal."

Kyodo News, citing sources from the Nagoya city government, reported that senior members of the cross-party group Nagoya City Council League for Promoting Exchanges between Japan-China friendship cities are currently working on the plan.

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