MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 12th January, 2019) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono will start on Saturday his visit to Russia, which will last through Wednesday.
On Monday, Kono will hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The meeting is set to become the first round of Russian-Japanese consultations on a peace treaty. The ministers will discuss other aspects of the Russian-Japanese bilateral relations as well.
Earlier in the week, the Japanese Foreign Ministry voiced commitment to continue the talks, stressing that the peace agreement should be concluded after the resolution of the decades-long territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands.
No other details of Kono's visit have been revealed so far.
