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TOKYO, March 20. /TASS/. Developing common positions on international and regional security issues important for Moscow and Tokyo. This was stated by Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, opening negotiations with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.
“It is very important that we provide the regularity and intensity of contacts, the content, the Minister said. It is important to keep under personal control the implementation of the agreements reached during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tokyo in December 2016.”