The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov proceeded to the meeting with the head of the Japanese foreign Minister Fumio Kishida through the ornamental pond laid out in the pond with flat stones. This is the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova wrote on his page in Facebook on Monday, March 20.
“To the place of work and, as it turned out, the traditional lunch with the foreign Minister of Japan in Tokyo, foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were almost on the water,” — said the diplomat.
On Monday in Tokyo held talks with the foreign Ministers of Japan and Russia — Sergey Lavrov and Fumio Kishida. Russia gave Japan the proposals for specific joint venture projects in the Southern Kuriles.
8 Jan Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe said that the joint activities of Tokyo and in the South Kuril Islands could become “a big plus on the way to the conclusion of a peace Treaty” between the countries.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the head of the Japanese government have agreed on a document about the beginning of consultations on joint economic activities of two countries in the South Kuril Islands during the Russian leader’s visit to Japan in December 2016.