TOKYO, April 11 (Reuters) - Chinese and Japanese leaders held a summit on Wednesday aimed at firming up a fragile rapprochement and setting aside rancour over their wartime past.

Following are key points in a joint press release issued after the meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

- The two sides decided to confront history and look ahead to open the path for a "beautiful future" in bilateral relations.

- Both agreed to work to build a mutually beneficial strategic relationship.

- The two will build political mutual trust. Leaders of both countries will continue to visit each other frequently and continue to meet at international meetings.

- Japan and China will strengthen cooperation in areas such as energy and environmental protection. The two sides will hold their first high-level economic dialogue in Beijing by the end of the year.

- The two will strengthen dialogue on defence matters and make efforts towards regional stability. China's defence minister will visit Japan in the autumn. China will send its naval vessels to Japan for a visit and Japan will send its naval vessels to China.

- The two countries will work to speed up talks on the development of oil and gas fields in disputed waters in the East China Sea and aim to report to leaders on concrete measures by autumn.

- Japan offered to use new equipment to speed up the process of disposing chemical weapons abandoned by its army during World War Two, and China welcomed the proposal.

- China agreed to give Japan two crested ibises and both agreed to cooperate in protecting the endangered birds.

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