TOKYO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 30th May, 2019) Tokyo and Moscow have agreed that the Russian Navy chief would visit Japan in the second half of 2019, Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Thursday.
Tokyo has hosted the fourth round of talks in the so-called 2+2 format between the foreign and defense ministers of Russia and Japan.
"We have agreed to arrange a visit of the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy in the second half of 2019," Iwaya told reporters.
Iwaya noted that such a visit would take place for the first time after 18-year hiatus.
