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Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida December 3, will visit Moscow where he will hold talks with Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. This was reported on Saturday Agency Kiodo.
Details of the trip are not given, but it will be the eve of the scheduled 15-16 December visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Japan. As expected, the main topic of the talks in the Russian capital will be the preparation of the visit.
On the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific economic cooperation (APEC) forum in Peru on Saturday, is expected to meet with Putin, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. According to the Japanese Minister of economy, trade and industry Hiroshige Seko, they will be presented the results of concretization of the cooperation of the eight items proposed by the Japanese side.
The exact content of the cooperation plan is not yet known, however earlier it was reported about the project on increase of efficiency of 10-12 Russian enterprises and training of Russian specialists in Japan. The parties agreed to work on a pilot project to improve the urban environment of Voronezh using Japanese technology.
The development plan of the eight points was Abe proposed to Putin during their meeting in Sochi on 6 may. It implies the strengthening of relations between the two countries in the energy sector, small and medium business, the industrialization of the Far East, expanding the export base. It includes a proposal to strengthen the cooperation in the field of advanced technologies, including nuclear energy, in humanitarian exchange.
In Tokyo expect that implementation of the proposed Abe’s plan for economic cooperation will help to ensure progress in the negotiations on the peace Treaty.