Russia requested Japan’s support Monday for its plan to seek a five-year extension to 2012 of the deadline for eliminating chemical weapons under a global treaty, Foreign Ministry officials said.
Visiting former Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko explained the plan and made the request to Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, the officials said.
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