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Okada, Lavrov agree on seamless efforts to resolve territorial dispute
TOKYO, June 10 Kyodo -
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and his Russian counterpart Sergey
Lavrov have agreed to continue efforts to resolve a long-standing territorial
dispute between the two countries under the new Japanese government led by
Prime Minister Naoto Kan.
During a 20-minute telephone conversation late Wednesday proposed by the
Japanese side, Okada assured Lavrov there will be no major shifts in Japan's
diplomatic policies on Russia, highlighting the facts that Kan served as the
deputy prime minister under the former premier Yukio Hatoyama and the majority
of Hatoyama's ministers, including himself, were reappointed Tuesday, Japanese
Foreign Ministry officials said.
''We'd like to aim for progress in both political and economic areas as a
whole,'' Okada was quoted as saying, calling for an early visit by Lavrov to
the country to discuss matters in both areas, including the territorial row.
In response, Lavrov told Okada that Russia is also hoping Kan's government will
inherit the ''constructive bilateral cooperation'' promoted under the Hatoyama
government and expand it even further, and that he would like to visit Japan at
an appropriate time, the Japanese officials said.
''As for a peace treaty, we're ready to continue constructive discussions based
on mutual trust,'' Lavrov was also quoted as saying.
The territorial dispute, in which Japan seeks the return of all four
Russian-administered islands of Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan and the Habomai
islet group, has prevented the two countries from signing a post-World War II
peace treaty.
Okada also said Kan is looking forward to meeting with Russian President Dmitri
Medvedev on the sidelines of a Group of Eight summit meeting starting June 25
in Canada.
In addition, the two foreign ministers agreed to coordinate on the issue of the
South Korean warship Cheonan that was sunk in the Yellow Sea in March, for
which a North Korean torpedo is believed responsible, including at the U.N.
Security Council when it is discussed.
When Okada asked about the dispatch of a Russian team to South Korea over the
fatal sinking that killed 46 sailors, Lavrov said the team has just returned
from Seoul and the results of its probe will be released soon.
==Kyodo
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and his Russian counterpart Sergey
Lavrov have agreed to continue efforts to resolve a long-standing territorial
dispute between the two countries under the new Japanese government led by
Prime Minister Naoto Kan.
During a 20-minute telephone conversation late Wednesday proposed by the
Japanese side, Okada assured Lavrov there will be no major shifts in Japan's
diplomatic policies on Russia, highlighting the facts that Kan served as the
deputy prime minister under the former premier Yukio Hatoyama and the majority
of Hatoyama's ministers, including himself, were reappointed Tuesday, Japanese
Foreign Ministry officials said.
''We'd like to aim for progress in both political and economic areas as a
whole,'' Okada was quoted as saying, calling for an early visit by Lavrov to
the country to discuss matters in both areas, including the territorial row.
In response, Lavrov told Okada that Russia is also hoping Kan's government will
inherit the ''constructive bilateral cooperation'' promoted under the Hatoyama
government and expand it even further, and that he would like to visit Japan at
an appropriate time, the Japanese officials said.
''As for a peace treaty, we're ready to continue constructive discussions based
on mutual trust,'' Lavrov was also quoted as saying.
The territorial dispute, in which Japan seeks the return of all four
Russian-administered islands of Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan and the Habomai
islet group, has prevented the two countries from signing a post-World War II
peace treaty.
Okada also said Kan is looking forward to meeting with Russian President Dmitri
Medvedev on the sidelines of a Group of Eight summit meeting starting June 25
in Canada.
In addition, the two foreign ministers agreed to coordinate on the issue of the
South Korean warship Cheonan that was sunk in the Yellow Sea in March, for
which a North Korean torpedo is believed responsible, including at the U.N.
Security Council when it is discussed.
When Okada asked about the dispatch of a Russian team to South Korea over the
fatal sinking that killed 46 sailors, Lavrov said the team has just returned
from Seoul and the results of its probe will be released soon.
==Kyodo
