Visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Losyukov told Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi on Tuesday that he wants to discuss the agenda for a bilateral “action plan” of cooperation measures during their talks this week, according to a Foreign Ministry official.
Japan and Russia have agreed to adopt such a plan to somehow keep their bilateral relationship active during the lull in their dispute over the sovereignty of a group of islands off Hokkaido.
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