RF, Japan Dpty FMs hold talks on bilateral relations.

TOKYO, October 27 (Itar-Tass) - Russo-Japanese talks at the level of
Deputy Foreign Ministers began here on Tuesday. A Russian delegation is
led by Alexei Borodavkin, and Japan is represented by Kenichiro Sasae.


The agenda of this year's second bilateral working consultations,
diplomatic sources reported, includes a wide range of matters concerning
bilateral relations, including prospects for the conclusion of a peace
treaty.
The peculiarity of Tuesday's meeting of the high-level diplomats is in
that it is held for the first time since Japan's new Cabinet of Ministers
was formed on September 16 with Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama at
the head.
Japanese Premier Hatoyama, in a keynote speech in the country's
parliament on Monday, announced his intention to cooperate with the
Russian Federation as a partner in the Asia-Pacific region, develop
political and economic relations with it, and make efforts towards
signing a peace treaty in the end, upon solving the South Kuriles issue.
Matters that Alexei Borodavkin and Kenichiro Sasae are considering
include preparations for a planned Russo-Japanese top-level meeting during
the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore in
November.

.Sakhalin, Kuriles, Kamchatka alerted to Typhoon Lupit.

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, October 27 (Itar-Tass) - Sakhalin, Kuriles, and
Kamchatka have received urgent warnings Tuesday about the approach of
Typhoon Lupit. Emergencies on those territories may ensue.
The Far Eastern regional center of the Russian Ministry for
Emergencies announced that heavy raining and northerly wind with gusts of
up to 35-40 metres per second are expected on Tuesday night in view of
Typhoon Lupit reaching the north-western Pacific in the Yuzhno-Kurilsk and
Kuril districts of the Sakhalin Region.
Heavy precipitation in the form of rain and wet snow and a north
easterly wind with gusts of up to 25-30 metres per second are also
expected on the southwestern coast of the Kamchatka Territory on
Wednesday, October 28.

.RF notes positive attitude in Hatoyama remarks--Dpty FM.

TOKYO, October 27 (Itar-Tass) - Russia has noted a positive attitude
in Japan's new Premier Yukio Hatoyama pronouncements on matters concerning
bilateral relations that found reflection in his speech in the country's
parliament, Alexei Borodavkin, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,
said here on Tuesday during talks with his Japanese counterpart Kenichiro
Sasae.
The high-level Russian diplomat said, "Tuesday's consultations are of
especial importance, for they are held for the first time since the advent
of the new government headed by Premier Yukio Hatoyama to power in Japan.
We came to feel a positive attitude in the new Premier's speech in
parliament, and we hope that those pronouncements will be put on a
practical plane".
The diplomat said, "This applies to political relations, economic
cooperation, and the question of the conclusion of a peace treaty".
"Our consultations have been always notable for the atmosphere of
partnership. We have been conducting a friendly dialogue.I hope that such
an atmosphere will be keeping on subsequently as well," Borodavkin
remarked. He recalled that President Dmitry Medvedev and Premier Yukio
Hatoyama had met in New York recenlty. Next in line is their new meeting
in Singapore on the sidelines of the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Kenichiro Sasae, for his part, expressed interest in a discussion of
the agenda of the forthcoming bilateral top-level meeting in Singapore in
November with a view to strengthening the basis for interaction in the APR
and preparing contacts at another level. Internaitonal problems of
current concern are among themes being discussed here on Tuesday, he said.
In so doing, Sasae drew attention to the contents of Hatoyama's
remarks in his keynote speech in parliament on Monday, October 26. Premier
Hatoyama, when speaking at the opening of the parliament session on
Monday, had announced his intention to cooperate with the Russian
Federation as a partner in the Asia-Pacific region, develop political and
economic relations with it, and make efforts towards signing a peace
treaty in the end, upon solving the South Kuriles issue.
Sasae pointedout that Tokyo proceeds from the assumption that the
territorial problem existing in relations between the two countries
remains the most important item on the bilateral agenda.
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