In Tokyo held talks of the foreign ministers of Russia and Japan – RIA Novosti

TOKYO, April 15 -. RIA Novosti The negotiations of the foreign ministers of Russia and Japan, Sergei Lavrov and Fumio Kishida held on Friday in Tokyo

Before the meeting, the foreign ministers of the two countries. shook hands.

Kishida said he was glad to welcome Lavrov in Japan. “I attach importance to the fact that we are continuing contacts”, – said the head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry. He pointed out that actively carried out inter-parliamentary ties, in June, is expected to visit Sergey Naryshkin of the State Duma Speaker in Japan.

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On he said that today’s meeting is important, Tokyo wants to hold negotiations on the preparation of high-level visits and discuss the prospects of concluding a peace treaty.

Lavrov, for his part, said that “we really appreciate our good-neighborly relations and our contacts who have become regular”.

“I would like to use our good relations with you to ensure that we a next meeting (Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe) is well prepared “, – said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry

He said that Moscow was set up to promote dialogue with Japan across the board, in all fields. .

The negotiations take place in the hall of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s reception House under a stylized painting of a map of Japan. The painting diplomatically in thick fog lost the outlines of a “northern territories” (as in Japan called the four islands of the South Kuril Islands), and the islands of Takeshima (Korean name Dokdo) – the subject of Japan’s territorial dispute with South Korea

It is expected. that the head of Russian diplomacy will discuss Kishida trained contacts at the highest level, the prospects for concluding a peace treaty, the territorial issue and the need to intensify trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.

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