Tokyo to host consultations between Japanese, Russian deputy ministers in May

TOKYO, March 21. /TASS/. Consultations at the level of Russian and Japanese deputy foreign ministers will be held in May in Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said on Wednesday after talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. "Russia and Japan will hold the Japanese-Russian strategic dialogue in Moscow on April 19, and in May Tokyo will host the Japanese-Russian consultations at the level of deputy ministers," he said, giving no details about the date. After talks the ministers signed a plan for consultations between the two ministries for 2018-2019, including a meeting between representatives of the two countries at the six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear program. Read more